All Property articles – Page 338
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Grand Arcade opens with a last-minute rush of recruits
Grosvenor’s Grand Arcade centre in Cambridge opened its doors yesterday, with a string of tenants joining at the last minute including Swedish children’s clothing retailer Polarn O Pyret, Laura Ashley and art retailer Castle Galleries.
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Sainsbury’s reveals £1.2bn property deal as sales rise again
Sainsbury’s has posted its 13th consecutive quarter of like-for-like growth and created a 1.2 billion joint venture to develop and improve stores.
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Gant to make standalone debut in Ireland
Fashion retailer Gant has signed for its first standalone store in Ireland at south Dublin’s Dundrum shopping centre.
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Opinion
Do centres have it covered?
While those who booked Easter weekends by the sea were cursing the British weather, UK shopping centres – with their covered roofs – hit the jackpot.
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Morrisons to open new Southeast distribution centre
Supermarket giant Morrisons is to open a new distribution centre at Sittingbourne in Kent, with the creation of 1,000 jobs.
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H&M to launch new-format store in Camden
Swedish fashion giant H&M is to launch a new-format store in Camden, north London.
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Analysis
Test the water
With a wave of overseas retailers homing in on the UK as a base for international expansion, Ben Cooper asks whether they will sink or swim in the volatile retail property market
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Dundrum Town Centre signs a raft of retailers
Dundrum Town Centre has let 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sq m) of space in deals with retailers including Snow+Rock, Elverys Sports and bookseller Hughes & Hughes.
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NewsFirst new Zavvi starts fresh expansion plans
Entertainment retailer Zavvi is to ramp up its expansion programme after opening its first two stores since the management buy-out from Virgin Megastores last year.
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Cross debuts at Bluewater
Writing instruments and accessories brand Cross has opened its first standalone store in the UK at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent.
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Oz tea retailer bags first UK store at Westfield London
Australian speciality tea retailer T2 is to take its first store in the UK at the Westfield London shopping centre in White City.
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Schuh completes refinancing
Schuh is understood to have completed a 36 million refinancing package, provided by the Bank of Scotland.
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Opinion
Niche retailers need a break
“I hate landlords,” exclaimed William Landale, chief executive of furniture retailer Lombok. Speaking at last week’s Retail Week Conference, Landale rather descriptively said what many small, up-and-coming retailers were thinking.
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Work on Ravenscraig’s second phase imminent
Work is about to begin on the second phase of Wilson Bowden Developments’ Ravenscraig redevelopment in Lanarkshire.
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Liverpool One lands trio of retailers
Gap, Build-A-Bear Workshop and WHSmith are among the latest retailers to sign to Grosvenor’s Liverpool One scheme.
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Analysis
A happy union?
With a large, wealthy catchment area and a clutch of city centre schemes cashing in on it, Aberdeen’s retail landscape is thriving. But will the arrival of another centre upset the balance? Ben Cooper investigates
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Opinion
Let’s keep the West End momentum up
There’s no doubt that this year poses challenges for the retail industry, with crunching credit and the nationalisation of Northern Rock sending a chill down retailers’ spines all over the UK.
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Victoria Square unveiled in Belfast
The 1 million sq ft (92,900 sq m) Victoria Square centre in Belfast opened its doors last week after nearly four years of construction, bringing with it 800,000 sq ft (74,320 sq m) of retail space.
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Original Factory sets sights on Irish stronghold
The Original Factory Shop is to embark on a substantial store opening programme in Northern Ireland.