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Opinion
Quarter day: So far so good
This time a week ago, my inbox was buzzing with emails from lawyers, surveyors, agents and more all predicting a rout in the coming weeks as retailers broke their backs to pay this quarter’s rent. Seven days later, and despite the fear, landlords are making very positive noises.
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AnalysisMiddle East gets snared by the slowdown
It’s been one of the development wonders of recent years, but the Middle East’s retail property market has come unstuck
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Opinion
Wednesday's quarter day could be the biggest rent test yet
It’s finally here. The dreaded March quarter day is never exactly the highlight of the retail year, but this time it’s going to be especially gruelling for many retailers.
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OpinionIn defence of the landlord
I always like to be controversial, so in my first column I thought I would speak up for retailers’ public enemy number one – the landlord. Landlords are probably viewed with the same disdain as the newly disgraced bankers.
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Analysis
No time to stand still
Rising voids and falling tenant numbers have pushed the balance of power on retail parks in favour of the retailer, so landlords need to make their schemes work harder. Liz Morrell reports.
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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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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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Opinion
Central London still in a class of its own
London repeatedly proves itself to be subject to a different set of rules than the rest of the retail world.
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Analysis
West London high streets' identity crisis
Kensington High Street and King’s Road are both potentially vulnerable to the Westfield effect, but the new centre isn’t the only thing changing the landscape out west. Ben Cooper reports
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OpinionJohn Lewis is keeping its head
Which is harder – being a department store best known for its ranges in the execrable home market, or a grocer selling premium food to the middle classes, with a reputation for prices to match?
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Opinion
Landlords should oppose rate rises as well
It’s encouraging to see so many retail heavyweights behind Retail Week’s rates campaign. But one group that’s noticeable for its lack of volume is the landlords.
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Analysis
CVAs: An irrevocable split?
Stylo’s failed CVA attempt has churned up more ill will between landlords and retailers. And, as Ben Cooper discovers, the atmosphere of mistrust could seriously damage future relations
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Opinion
Business rates issue can’t wait
Alistair Darling is a busy man at the moment, so perhaps it’s an achievement in itself that he has responded to Retail Week’s Rate Rage campaign and acknowledged the severe problems that retailers are facing.
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Opinion
Councils need to take a bigger hand in boosting the high street
When does a problem for business become a problem for governments? If the business in question is a bank, pretty quickly. But not everyone gets the same treatment as banks.
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AnalysisRace for space: Developers adding more retail space in Glasgow
With an almost unrivalled shopping line-up, Glasgow is ranked as the UK’s number two shopping location. But as Ben Cooper discovers, that hasn’t deterred developers from adding more space
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Opinion
Retailers are holding all the cards
Quite how tough things are for those that own property at the moment is becoming clearer with every passing week. Last week’s news that retail’s self-confessed 'Del Boy' Chris Dawson is in the process of building a make-shift portfolio of stores is proof that for landlords, any retail tenant is ...
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Analysis
Redevelopment: Keeping up appearances
Retailers are always on the lookout for new space but funding for developments is scarce. As Ben Cooper reports, developers will have to revamp the centres they already own if they are to keep drawing in the tenants
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Opinion
Landlords' vote against Stylo CVA was inevitable
In the end, it was inevitable that landlords would vote resoundingly against Stylo’s CVA proposals.
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AnalysisNottingham: The waiting game
With a strong stores line-up and a popular retail scene, Nottingham has plenty going for it. But problems with the redevelopment of one of its ageing centres is casting doubt over its future, as Ben Cooper discovers
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Opinion
Another torrid week in retail property
Thursday could be quite a day. British Land’s publication of its third quarter results in the morning is not likely to be the landlord’s finest hour, especially given the turmoil property owners are finding themselves in.