All Property articles – Page 302
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NewsH&M and HMV target Oxford Street Zavvi site
Entertainment retailer HMV and fashion chain H&M are in the final stages of signing for shops in the prominent former Zavvi store at the east end of London’s Oxford Street.
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NewsWestfield London signs luxury retailers to The Village
Westfield London has secured a raft of retailers for its luxury area as it nears its one-year anniversary.
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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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NewsB&Q wins landlord concession to cut rent on seven larger stores
B&Q has secured a 10% reduction in rents for seven of its warehouse-format stores in a deal with landlord British Land.
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NewsLand Securities retail venture to bring 10 overseas brands to UK
Property company Land Securities’ new retail offshoot Brand Empire is in talks with 10 international retailers about introducing them to the UK.
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News‘Family-friendly’ Ann Summers to open in key shopping centres
Ann Summers is to open in Westfield and Bluewater shopping centres as its new, more discreet store look makes the sex toys and lingerie retailer more acceptable to once-wary malls.
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NewsProperty chiefs slam CVAs
Property industry chiefs including Westfield’s Peter Miller have slammed Company Voluntary Arrangements and plans to introduce Chapter 11 style bankruptcy protection for UK companies.
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NewsRetailer wanted to run London 2012 stores
Retailers are being invited to tender for a contact to operate London 2012 stores in the run-up to the Olympics.
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OpinionRoads to nowhere
Investment in infrastructure — like the construction of Edinburgh’s new tram system — will inevitably cause disruption to retailers, but can’t be at any price.
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NewsTesco unveils sale and leaseback
Tesco has carried out a new sale and leaseback transaction worth £514m in the latest phase of its ongoing programme to release value from its UK property portfolio.
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NewsBorders demands switch to monthly rent payment
Borders UK has written to landlords demanding an immediate switch from quarterly to monthly payments as September’s quarterly rent day hit.
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NewsBoots eyes more drive-throughs after trial success
Boots is to expand its drive-through pharmacy business on the back of soaring sales at its trial location.
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NewsRegent Street Festival draws large crowds
More than 600,000 shoppers converged on Regent Street last weekend for the annual Regent Street Festival.
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NewsGIVe debuts on Regent Street
Fashion entrepreneur George Davies opened his first GIVe store on London’s Regent Street on Wednesday.
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NewsRetailers get business rates revaluation
Retailers are able to discover how much they will be charged in business rates today after the Government revealed its revaluation rates.
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NewsBlacks to seek exits on store leases
Blacks Leisure is to contact landlords over the coming weeks to seek exits from the leases on the stores it intends to close, and could agree a company voluntary arrangement by November.
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NewsTesco retreats from Holmfirth superstore plan
Plans for a Tesco superstore in the West Yorkshire town of Holmfirth, home of the BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, have been axed after a campaign by residents and local independent retailers.
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NewsHabitat takes store at Liverpool One
Furniture and homewares retailer Habitat has signed for a store in shopping centre Liverpool One.
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OpinionD-day for retailers
However much changes in the retail property market, the rent quarterday remains a key point in the calendar.
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NewsTesco ‘in talks to sell £400m property portfolio’
Tesco is reportedly in talks to sell a £400m portfolio of properties to a newly formed investment company seeking to take advantage of the opportunities of the recent falls in the value of UK commercial property.