WORK is under way to create a new Fat Face fashion store in Oxford.

Fat Face was based in Cornmarket Street but was forced to move out earlier this year once a £36m Jesus College revamp of Northgate House got under way.

The college has started demolition work on shop units to create a new block housing shops and student accommodation.

Oxford Mail:

Hoardings have now been erected to cover the demolition site on the corner of Cornmarket and Market Street.

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Fat Face, which also has stores in Abingdon, Witney and Didcot, has submitted a planning application to the city council to replace the shop front entrance doors and glazing at the unit in Queen Street previously occupied by Primark.

Oxford Mail:

Primark sold clothing on two floors in Queen Street until it switched to a larger unit in the Westgate Centre.

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Now hoardings are advertising Fat Face but contractors said work could take two months to complete.

Oxford Mail:

In Cornmarket, hoardings have gone up to promote a new Naked Burritos business but no opening date has been revealed.

The arrival of Fat Face will be good news for Queen Street, reducing the number of empty units.

French Connection in the Clarendon Centre has closed and the Crabtree & Evelyn store.

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