JD Sports looks set to relocate Middlesbrough store

The fashion firm is currently based in the Cleveland Centre but has appeared on plans for the neighbouring Hillstreet Shopping Centre. 

Floor plans show the JD logo placed on a 15,714 square foot unit next door to Boots and opposite Primark – with the shopping centre website also naming it as an “anchor retailer”.

JD Sports declined to comment when contacted by The Northern Echo about the potential relocation.

If it goes ahead, this would mark the second retailer to move from the Cleveland Centre to the Hillstreet Centre in recent months, following the footsteps of Boots. 

Boots launched its new site in February, having previously been closed at the Cleveland Centre for several months.

The firm said the new location would provide an “elevated shopping experience and an extended range of health, wellness and beauty essentials”.

Discount retailer B&M also recently returned to Middlesbrough town centre in the form of a new store at the Hillstreet Centre in February. 

JD Sports continues to operate a number of other sites in the North East including at the Cornmill Shopping Centre in Darlington, Bishop Auckland Retail Park, and Cleveland Retail Park.