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Two national chains are lined up to move into Plymouth’s empty former glassworks building which is being split into three units.

The Grade II listed waterfront building has been empty since the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which leased the entire 7,500sq ft space, unexpectedly closed its store in May 2021.

Plans have been submitted to divide the former retail space into three equal parts, withto move into one of the units.

Now Sutton Harbour Group Plc (SHG), which owns the building, has revealed another national brand is lined up to join The Cornish Bakery.

SHG chairman Philip Beinhaker, in a statement to investors, said: “The company intends to convert these premises into three 2,500sq ft units, with two units already reserved for national covenant tenants and the third is being actively marketed.”

Commercial property experts at Bruton Knowles have been brought in to market the building and said the middle unit and the one to its right, as looked at from Southside Street are “under offer to national operators”.

The building has planning consent for Class E use, which means it can be used for shops, restaurants or cafes, but Bruton Knowles stressed that other uses could be considered.

The main structure of the building was constructed in 1896, and based on the look of a GWR train station, and was known as the Old Fish Market until it was redeveloped in the 1990s.