Shopping Centre
Marketing 
Modest rise in August retail sales

 

UK retail sales values were up 1.0 per cent on a like-for-like basis from August 2009, when sales had fallen 0.1 per cent. On a total basis, sales were up 2.8 per cent against a 2.2 per cent increase in August 2009

 

Published:  07 September, 2010
People/Moves 
Debenhams opens at SouthGate Bath

This week has seen the opening of the Debenhams flagship store in SouthGate Bath. This represented the completion of the third and final phase of the main retail project. The retail area of the scheme is now over 85 per cent let with keen interest in the few remaining units.

Published:  07 September, 2010
Marketing 
Footfall rises in August

The Experian UK FootFall National Index for August 2010 saw a 1.8 per cent rise compared to the same period last year and month-on-month decline of 0.2 per cent compared with July 2010.

Published:  07 September, 2010
Leasing 
Superdry chooses Chapelfield

Superdry is to open a store at Chapelfield shopping centre in Norwich on 16 September.

Published:  07 September, 2010
Investment 
Metric measures up Loughborough investment

Metric Property Investments has bought the Gorse Covert shopping centre in Loughborough for £16.8m, reflecting a 6 per cent equivalent yield.

Published:  06 September, 2010
Leasing 
Aberdeen Asset Management complete six new lettings

Six new tenants are to join Aberdeen Asset Management’s retail warehouse portfolio, totalling 83,800 sq ft of space.

Published:  03 September, 2010
Parking  
Vinci Park doubles UK operation with Meteor acquisition

Vinci Park has acquired Meteor Parking from the Go-Ahead Group, in a move which will double the specialist parking operator’s size in the UK

Published:  03 September, 2010
Leasing 
Hed Kandi heads to Liverpool One

Following a successful launch in Bluewater, music and lifestyle brand Hed Kandi has chosen Liverpool One for its first store in the UK outside the South East

Published:  03 September, 2010
People/Moves 
Hermes Real Estate hires new chief executive

Hermes Fund Managers has appointed Chris Taylor as chief executive officer of Hermes Real Estate Investment Management, one of the largest real estate managers in the UK, with over £5.8bn of assets under management

Published:  03 September, 2010
Retail & Catering 
House of Fraser to refurbish Meadowhall flagship store

House of Fraser is to undertake a £5m refurbishment of its Meadowhall store, creating a regional flagship and introducing a significant number of new concessions

Published:  03 September, 2010
People/Moves 
C&R's Anne Rush to join Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield has recruited Capital & Regional’s national property manager Anne Rush as Partner in its expanding retail asset management team.

Published:  02 September, 2010
Leasing 
Lowry Outlet plugs the gap

Gap Outlet and Holland & Barrett are the latest signings confirmed for the Lowry Outlet Mall in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester.

Published:  02 September, 2010
 
Retail Destinations Glasgow - 14 September 2010

With 2010 proving to be a pivotal year, Shopping Centre has scheduled a series of forums across the UK & Ireland. If you are a developer, owner, operator or manager of shopping centres, or you supply the sector, then join us at Retail Destinations 2010, a nationwide debate on the future of your industry.

Published:  08 July, 2010
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