The Corn Exchange in Crickhowell will open its doors this week – two and a half years after it closed as a pub and days after the keys to the newly converted shops and flats were handed over.

Christmas shoppers attending Crickhowell’s late night shopping event (from 5.30pm until 9pm on Thursday) will have a chance to meet The Corn Exchange’s new tenants, who will be operating pop-up shops on the evening.

Wales’ first zero waste shop, Natural Weigh, will show potential customers how their packaging-free shopping experience will work and O’Donnell Bakehouse – who are returning to Crickhowell – will reintroduce their range of speciality brownies.

Shoppers will also have a chance to look round the remaining shop for rent and to see the two one-bedroom flats which are currently available.

Corn Exchange Crickhowell Ltd’s Managing Director, Dean Christy said: “It will be great to show people what we have achieved and for them to meet the new businesses which are coming here. Turning The Corn Exchange into three shops and three flats has not only protected Crickhowell High Street from the threat of the supermarket, it’s also creating new opportunities, new jobs and new homes.”

The company are allowing Crickhowell Rugby Club and Crickhowell Dementia Awareness to run stalls in the vacant unit and there will be a display about the Corn Exchange Project.

Corn Exchange Crickhowell Ltd have also told shareholders that, once they have let the remaining units, they hope to pay a dividend to shareholders after the first year of trading.

Anyone who wants more information about the project can contact the team on [email protected]