All Retail parks & out-of-town articles – Page 18
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AnalysisPark life: retail parks bouncing back
Retail parks have been on the back foot, but new names are now starting to freshen up their offers and draw footfall.
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OpinionBest Buy: Just another big box?
One thing seems almost certain: The first UK Best Buy store will be another example of big box retailing at its least imaginative. Drive past the Thurrock store-to-be and the yellow and blue logo is certainly large, but it will be a real bombshell if the interior is in any measure appreciably different from its rivals’.
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OpinionReinventing the retail park
H&M’s move to open more retail park stores shows how the nature out of town retailing is changing.
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OpinionIt’s right to put town centres first
The government is right to put town centre developments first, but will its strengthening of PPS4 achieve that?
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OpinionB&Q property deal shows the way
B&Q’s rent renegotiation with British Land is a grown-up way for retailers and landlords to face up to the downturn.
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NewsRepublic tests out-of-town model with two Scottish store openings
Young-fashion retailer Republic is trialling an out-of-town concept as it seeks to widen its appeal.
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NewsRetail demand for primary space on road to recovery
Retailer demand for property is showing signs of recovery, according to agent Cushman & Wakefield.
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Three new retailers for Ashford Designer Outlet
Three retailers have signed up for space at McArthurGlen’s Ashford Designer Outlet, which has had an increase in sales over the last four months.Sailing and country sports clothing brand Musto, US footwear brand Skechers and women’s fashion label Phase Eight have all take stores in the outlet centre, in Kent.The ...
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NewsEmpty shops soar at Land Securities’ centres
One of Britain’s biggest shopping centre and retail park owners today admitted that void levels are higher than during the downturn in the 1990s.
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NewsCarpetright targets high street as property prices plummet
Carpetright, the UK’s largest flooring retailer, is shifting its focus from out-of-town back to the high street to take advantage of falling rents, which have plunged by as much as 50 per cent.
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NewsJohn Lewis to launch standalone home and electricals format
John Lewis is to open standalone homewares and electricals stores in a bid to gain greater coverage of the UK market.
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Analysis
The road to evolution
As voids increase, retail parks are having to accept a wider range of tenants from some unlikely sources. Laura Lupton looks at how landlords’ need to fill space is changing the retail landscape.
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Analysis
Store draw or damp squib?
Surplus retail space is becoming available throughout the out-of-town market, but will the trickle of overseas interest help fill it? Ben Cooper finds out
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Bluewater sales and footfall up
Sales at Bluewater in Kent were up by 2.6 per cent in January compared with the same period last year, figures released by owner Lend Lease have revealed.
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Tunbridge Wells and Ealing schemes given green light
Plans have been given the go-ahead for two developments in the Southeast.
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Analysis
The Northwest: Cracks in the pipeline
The retail development bubble has finally burst and the busy Northwest pipeline has been one of the hardest hit. Ben Cooper looks at the schemes that survived and those that are on the rocks
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Top landlord Prupim offers monthly rent relief
Prupim, the property investment arm of Prudential, has become the first major landlord to offer its retailers the chance to pay rents monthly on existing leases without any financial penalties.
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Sainsbury’s adds to convenience store portfolio
Sainsbury’s is to open a further five smaller-format stores by the end of March as part of its push into the convenience sector.
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Ipswich in line for £50m centre
Ipswich Borough Council has given planning permission for a 50 million mixed-use scheme in the town centre.
