Realis Estates has offered reassurances that the City Sentral scheme will go ahead following reports that the developer is heavily in debt. The multi million pound retail and leisure development was due to open in 2015 but a lack of progress has led to... Read More
And Selfridges’ Mr Men pop up is back too Amid the excitement of London Fashion Week, designers are finding that interest is no longer simply focused on the catwalk. Instead, increasing numbers are flocking to a wave of pop up shops opening in surrounding... Read More
The Canadian real estate service provider FirstService has bought out Briant Champion Long (BCL), one of the United Kingdom's leading independent retail property specialists. The acquisition was made through one of the Toronto-based company’s... Read More
Consumer confidence is steadily on the rise, with recent data from industry bodies such as the British Retail Consortium (BRC) indicating strong recovery within the retail sector. However, it’s clear that certain regions of the country are leading the way,... Read More
Fashion retailer Topshop has announced that it will be opening a flagship store in a prestigious fashion location in the United States as part of its growth plan to capitalise on new markets. A 40,000 sq ft store will open on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in the... Read More
But significant regional variations persist The high street faced its fair share of problems during the recession contributing to the number of vacant town centre properties. However, since the economy began to pick up last year there has been an upturn in... Read More
In-site Property Solutions — which specialises in flexible leases for small and start-up businesses — has confirmed it has £2m to spend on new commercial properties. The Leeds-based company already owns and manages more than one-million square feet of... Read More
Intu Properties — which has interests in more than 15 UK retail complexes — has confirmed it is in talks to buy Westfield’s Derby shopping centre. It also wants to acquire Westfield’s half-share in Merry Hill in Dudley. If the both negotiations are... Read More
DTZ has published its European all-property Fair Value Index results for Q4 2013. The Index, which provides insight into the attractiveness of current pricing in European property markets, remained stable in the fourth quarter of last year at 72, although the... Read More
Click and collect has become one of the most popular initiatives within the retail industry, giving consumers the opportunity to order items during their lunch break and pick them up at a store of their choosing at a specified time. Yet while retail chains... Read More
