While shopping centres and high streets nationwide continue to post more positive footfall results than have been seen since the beginning of the financial crisis, data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) indicates that out of town retail parks are still... Read More
Hungry shoppers gave Greggs its best Christmas ever with holiday sales up more than eight per cent. Along with its best-selling steak and cheese roll, its coffee sales alone totalled more than £1 million. Now Britain's biggest bakery chain is set to expand... Read More
Less than two years after it acquired a Buckinghamshire retail park as part of the "Saturn Portfolio" sell-off, out-of-town shopping and distribution investor LondonMetric Properties (LMP) has flipped the site in a £21.8m sale. Within hours it had... Read More
The future of a retail park development on the outskirts of Exeter has this week been thrown into jeopardy after planning officers recommended the local council deny planning permission. Although developers the Consolidated Property Group have already... Read More
Shoppers will be treating themselves to Black Friday bargains today rather than bagging Christmas gifts for family and friends. Research from Hammerson, which has a nationwide portfolio of shopping centres and retail parks, reveals that 73 per cent of... Read More
The Crown Estate has announced a wave of pre-lets at its much-anticipated Banbury Gateway Fashion Park, as work began on the site earlier this week. The Crown Estate, which already owns and runs a total of 16 successful retail destinations including... Read More
Unseasonably warm weather has taken its toll on retailers, with the milder than expected temperatures putting something of a dampener on the launch of autumn and winter collections, and adversely affecting footfall levels throughout the... Read More
Two Yorkshire retail schemes are benefiting from the upturn in occupier demand which has accompanied the economic recovery. Specialist retail park fund Hercules Unit Trust (HUT), which is advised by British Land, has today announced that its Parkgate... Read More
British Land has confirmed the letting of 36,000 sq ft of retail space at its Doncaster retail park. Both Next and Marks & Spencer Simply Food have agreed terms for units on the Wheatley Retail Park, joining retailers such as TK Maxx, Sports Direct and... Read More
The Crown Estate has formed a £345m partnership with a Chinese state-backed property group to buy one of the UK’s biggest retail parks. The acquisition of the Fosse Retail Park in Leicestershire is the largest acquisition in the company’s near... Read More
