More property – Page 106
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Analysis
It's goodbye from them...
The out-of-town market has had a turbulent year, with several big players falling by the wayside. But there is a new breed eager to fill the voids they have left, reports Ben Cooper
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Out of the way?
The rise in petrol prices might have got some in the out-of-town game worried, but there are plenty of others who believe that transport links are not an issue. Mark Faithfull investigates.
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Design with an edge
Way back when, retail parks were shiny, happy places to be. You could access them with ease and when you got there, by car, you could park for free more or less directly outside whichever shop you fancied. They also offered choice, albeit from within large sheds that boasted outsize ...
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Supermarket non-food formats: home is where the heart is
There is not much good news on the retail park scene at the moment. But with the advent of the supermarket non-food formats, new life is being breathed into developments across the UK.Asda opened the first of its non-food-only Asda Living stores in Walsall in October 2004 and now has ...
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Planning: Appetite for development
The Government’s latest report on out-of-town planning has raised more questions than it has answered, but if anything is certain it is that the sector must up its game, says Ben Cooper
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Bristol Cabot Circus: The circus comes to town
Bristol may be the UK’s eighth-largest city, but in retail rankings it barely makes the top 30. Ben Cooper goes to the opening of Cabot Circus, the scheme about to change all that
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Opinion
For extra cash, take in a lodger or two
While every retailer is constantly on the lookout for ways of increasing sales and cutting costs, there is a growing number that are generating a whole new stream of revenue from their prime asset: store space.
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OpinionProperty comment: Westfield, retail's Marmite
Where Marmite is concerned, you either love it or hate it. Retailers fall into the same distinct camps when it comes to Westfield London.
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Analysis
Watch the top 20 towns closer than ever
The UK’s top towns can’t have had a more dramatic year of change than this.From Liverpool to Leicester to London and from Bristol to Belfast, the retail property industry has created more significant new developments this year than in any other in recent memory.These schemes have been a long time ...
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Analysis
Location, location, location
Fact: Retail has been hit hard by global economic conditions. Fact: Retail footfall is down across the board, with out-of-town retail schemes feeling the greatest pain. Fact: A growing number of retailers have entered administration or have issued severe profit warnings.Given the above, it is no surprise that retailers are ...
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In the pipeline
2008 has been a one-off year for shopping centre development, but the coming decade will have plenty of interest, despite tough timesAnother year of shopping centre openings like 2008 is unlikely to be seen again in the next decade. The changes in our projected list of 2018’s top towns reflect ...
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Edinburgh: A capital idea for Scotland at St James Quarter
Despite Edinburgh’s cultural richness its retail portfolio has long been in the shadow of its neighbour Glasgow. Now an overhaul of its most unattractive scheme is set to give the city the offer it deserves. By Ben Cooper
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Opinion
Cabot Circus: Bristol’s much-needed retail injection
Of all the shopping centres opening this autumn, Cabot Circus in Bristol is arguably the most needed.
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Analysis
Redevelopment: Made to order
Vast amounts of new space may have come onto the market this year, but the redevelopment of existing centres is likely to grow in importance as the pipeline dries up, Ben Cooper discovers.
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Opinion
Liverpool One is still a success
A few months ago I received a “save the date” letter from Grosvenor, the developer of Liverpool One, telling me to keep October 1 free.
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Analysis
Highcross: Leicester living the high life
Leicester’s Highcross centre may have arrived amid deepening economic woes, but the early signs are the city has embraced the scheme.
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Opinion
Will the West End win?
This morning the New West End Company hosted an interesting breakfast meeting discussing the future of retail and how it affects the West End.
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Analysis
Sweat your assets
The quarterly rents debate may still be raging, but there are other ways retailers can work with their landlords to make savings in these straitened times. Ben Cooper investigates.
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Opinion
Act tough now and win later
As famed former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Richard Greenbury points out on page 23, retailers have had a good run. Such a good one, in fact, that many of today’s senior retailers won’t have worked through a recession. Not many of us here at Retail Week have either.
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Opinion
What's the Verdict?
With prescient timing, Verdict has today predicted a revival in retail parks at the expense of city centre retail locations.