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InsightTo live or die on the high street
Additional business rate relief for shops will do as much good as giving alms to a beggar. Over 600,000 poor beggars already get relief in some form or another. Rateable values are referenced to rents, so rates will fall, eventually.
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News
New joint venture set to revitalise department stores
Quadrant has teamed up with Mark Phillipson, Colliers International’s ex-head of retail, to launch a joint venture that aims to breathe new life into struggling department stores, Property Week can reveal.
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Markets
North West towns to take part in retail rejuvenation scheme
Emma Shone asks why high streets in the region are struggling.
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News
Performance of unlisted retail funds took a nosedive in 2019
British Land’s Hercules Unit Trust is worst performer in MSCI/AREF index with a return of -34.3% last year.
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Insight
Convenience still counts for investors in retail
Editor: January brings its usual gloomy round of retail health warnings, with even food retailers reporting downward sales and the market bellwether of John Lewis deciding whether or not to pay its partners their annual bonus, but there are pockets of retail resilience .
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Online
Frasers snaps up 65,000 sq ft at Meadowhall
British Land has confirmed Mike Ashley’s Frasers multi-brand store concept will take 65,000 sq ft at the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield.
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Online
Green light for £300m hotel on site with tunnel to Harrods
A £300m hotel is to be built on a site in Kensington that has a secret tunnel to Harrods, after planning permission for the scheme was granted.
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Online
Beales collapses into administration
Department store Beales has appointed KPMG as administrators after failing to find a new buyer or new investment for the business.
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Online
Trafford Council agrees £70m debt facility with The Hut Group
Trafford Council has announced it provided a £70m loan to The Hut Group in a funding round at the end of last year.
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Online
TK Maxx to let over 37,000 sq ft at Queensgate shopping centre
Lendlease and Invesco Real Estate will lease a 37,500 sq ft unit to retailer TK Maxx at its Queensgate shopping centre in Peterborough.
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Online
Intu plans equity raise next month
Intu has confirmed that it is planning to raise fresh equity next month in an effort to shore up its balance sheet.
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News
Kings Mall hailed as a ‘great location’ for small IKEA store
Deteriorating state of retail market has not put IKEA sister company Ingka off buying Hammersmith centre.
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Online
Proptech VTS launches retail leasing and asset management platform
Leasing and asset management proptech platform VTS has launched a new platform tailored to the needs of the retail sector.
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Online
Six more Jack Wills stores to close
Sport Direct owned retailer Jack Wills is to close six stores.
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Online
Plans for £115m mixed-use development in Canterbury unveiled
Plans for a major new mixed-use development on the former site of a Serco depot in Kingsmead, Canterbury, have been unveiled.
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Online
Bath's Spring Wharf development bags final tenants
Deeley Freed Estates and Legal General have secured three new tenants for their Spring Wharf development in Bath, completing phase one of the scheme.
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Online
JD Sports to take over Topshop's Westfield Stratford City flagship
JD Sports is to take over Topshop’s 31,000 sq ft flagship store at Westfield Stratford City.
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News
Henley snaps up 100,000 sq ft Tesco store in Hayes for £52m
Henley Investments has acquired a Tesco superstore in Hayes, west London, from funds managed by LaSalle Investment Management in a £52m deal.
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Online
Mike Ashley’s GAME to shut 40 stores
Video games retailer GAME has announced that it is to close 40 stores throughout the UK.
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Online
Ikea affiliate buys Kings Mall shopping centre in Hammersmith
An Ikea affiliate has acquired the Kings Mall shopping centre in Hammersmith, London, with a view to transforming it into a “mixed-use destination” anchored by a smaller format Ikea store.
