[4] Planning permission was received in the late summer of 1976 and in November the retailer John Lewis Partnership announced that it had agreed to be the anchor shop in the new development.

The opening of John Lewis store in Peterborough marked the company's return to the city after an absence of over twenty-five years.

Until 1956, when the two main blocks of the building were completely destroyed by fire, the John Lewis Partnership had a small department store in Peterborough trading under the name of Robert Sayle.

[7] Plans were drawn up for a 646,000 square foot (60,000 m2) mixed-use development adjacent to the existing shopping centre, to be known as the North Westgate Project.

[10] Paten Bridge, which crosses Bourges Boulevard (the A15), links Queensgate to the station quarter,[11] which includes a new full sized Waitrose supermarket with a coffeeshop and restaurant, built on the site of the former Royal Mail sorting office in 2014.

[14][15] In 2015, a detailed planning application for a £30 million enhancement of the centre was submitted to Peterborough City Council by new owners Invesco and its managers Lendlease.

[16] In early 2020 McLaren Construction Group landed the contract to build the 77,000sqft extension, work quickly began on the site compounds which resulted in half of the bus station being closed temporarily and relocated to the Coach Park just behind The Brewery Tap.

TK Maxx have announced they will be giving up their current store in Bridge Street to move into a vacant unit, on the Upper Ground Floor of the Central Square.