A POPULAR restaurant chain will open in a revamped shopping centre.

Nando’s is the first restaurant to sign up to be part of the £85 million extension to the Eastbourne Arndale Centre.

The chicken restaurant will be one of seven to open on the same floor as the multi-screen digital cinema.

Work is also under way on the construction of the Nando’s restaurant in Goldstone Retail Park, Hove, which is set to open later this year.

Next, H & M and Cineworld have also been signed up for the 170,000 sq ft scheme that will contain an additional 22 retail units.

The extension is expected to be completed in 2018.