The new name for Leicester Market's planned food court and open public square has been revealed.
The area will be called Market Corner, Leicester City Council announced yesterday.
Work on the �600,000 project to transform the area is already under way and is hoped to be completed by the end of March.
Last month, the Mercury ran a poll to get readers' ideas on suggested names.
Market manager Nick Rhodes said the new name was chosen to tie-in with the position of the development, at the corner of the market and next to the historic Corn Exchange.
Mr Rhodes said: "After going through other ideas such as The Courtyard and Alice Hawkins area – to commemorate suffragette Alice Hawkins – we decided on Market Corner. It makes sense due to its place on the market.
"I really do hope the people of Leicester will come down and support us when it opens."
Current work includes the removal of a section of the market's roof near the Corn Exchange and the removal of 37 stalls in the area of Market Corner.
The revamp will also include repaving work, installing fixings and power supplies for new flexible stalls, new signs and a clean-up of the whole site.
Councillor Paul Westley, the council's cabinet member for markets, said: "These works will make a great improvement to the market.
"Market Corner is a very fitting name for the development. I look forward to it becoming a much-loved part of this city tradition."
The new market area will see part of the canopy removed and stalls relocated to create an open-air piazza with a food court next to it.
It will be used as a food venue on Fridays and Saturdays, with stalls such as arts, crafts and collectibles open from Mondays to Thursdays.
Traders and shoppers yesterday gave a mixed reaction to the name.
Student Harland Tither, 20, who lives in the city centre, said: "I think Market Corner is suited to the market. It makes sense, at least no-one will get mixed up about where it is."
Shopper Nicola Vernon, 32, of New Parks, said: "I reckon they should keep it all as it is."
Market trader Jennifer Richardson said: "I'm hoping it will boost business."
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