Property News - Basingstoke's store complex is filling up fast

Grosvenor's 1 million sq ft (93,000 sq m) Festival Place shopping centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire, is nearly 95 per cent let following a string of recent deals.

The largest new retailer is Mamas & Papas, which has taken a 2,500 sq ft (230 sq m) unit in the centre's lower mall to house its 17th UK store.

Whittard of Chelsea has opened in 700 sq ft (65 sq m) and Professional Cookware in 2,000 sq ft (185 sq m).

Cosmetics retailer Lush has taken 1,000 sq ft (95 sq m)

Grosvenor asset manager Clare Juniper said that as a result of these latest deals, the centre's last few units are in high demand. 'We are currently talking to five major retailers to take the remaining units,' she said.

Festival Place's agents are Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker, CB Hillier Parker and Dalgleish.