York Space NK beauty store opening due after plans approved

Space NK is set to open this autumn in the former JD Sports in Coney Street, according to signs put up on the outside of the building.

The beauty chain’s plans to convert the store stated works would include refurbishments to the outside and inside of the empty store.

City of York Council planning officers stated works including the installation of three new air conditioning units would not harm the Grade II-listed building.

The approval of the company’s plans comes as works are currently underway to convert the store ahead of its opening.

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It also comes after previous occupants JD Sports moved out of the Coney Street building and into a larger store in Davygate last year.

Space NK is returning to York after also previously having a premises in Davygate in what is now the TAG Heuer watch shop.

Previous fixtures and fittings are currently being removed in the Coney Street store ahead of Space NK’s opening.

They are due to be replaced with new floor, wall and ceiling finishes, lighting, ventilation and air condition and a ground floor platform lift.

Company branding planned for the outside of the store includes hanging facia signs and a flag.

Stickers currently up in its windows.

An impression showing how Space NK, in Coney Street, could look (Image: LDRS)

Space NK was founded in 1991 and opened its first store in London’s Covent Garden in 1993.

It now has 83 stores across the UK and Ireland.

Developer Max Reeves, of Helmsley Group which is overseeing the wider regeneration of Coney Street, told The Press the store’s opening was a vote of confidence in the area’s future.

He added that while demand for retail was still there, people’s expectations and what they wanted from the sector had changed.

The developer said: “York is such an attractive destination that there’s still massive interest in the city from all sorts of different retailers.”