A NEW food court area is being built at Lakeside Shopping Centre.

The Hall will provide a 14,500 square foot buzzing new dining area to the shopping centres new £72 million leisure extension.

It will feature food traders, seven kitchens, a coffee shop, pop-up areas for food stalls and two bars.

Food traders will be announced in the next couple of months.

intu Lakeside’s new leisure development will also offer family entertainment with the new Nickelodeon Adventure centre and Puttshack’s mini golf - with Hollywood Bowl and Flip Out trampoline park.

Howard Oldstein, regional centre director at Lakeside, said: “Having The Hall at our new leisure development is great for us at intu Lakeside but also for everyone in Essex. We truly do want to change the way we do retail by providing better, all-inclusive experience for our customers.

“As Essex’s biggest shopping centre, we know this brand-new concept will really flourish here and we are excited for its arrival.”