Built Environment Networking Blog: Retail News

British Land Announces Potential £750m Sale of Iconic Meadowhall Centre

Sheffield, UK – In a significant move reflecting the evolving retail landscape, British Land has unveiled plans to sell the renowned Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield for an estimated £750 million. This monumental sale, if finalized, would rank among the UK’s most substantial retail property deals in the past few years. Opened in 1990, Meadowhall […]

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Realty Seals £200.8m Agreement for 11 UK Retail Parks

In a significant move in the UK’s real estate sector, the American real estate conglomerate, Realty, has announced an agreement to acquire 11 retail parks from Ediston Property Investment Company for a sum of £200.8 million. The deal, which involves Ediston’s entire property estate, is with RI UK 1 Limited, a subsidiary of Realty. The […]

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£150m redevelopment of the Enkalon Business Park in Antrim

Plans for the site near The Junction retail park have been submitted by Errigal Group who bought the industrial estate in 2019. At present, the space is being leased to tenants for warehousing, distribution and showroom. Since it’s purchase, the company has conducted £2m worth of upgrade works. It’s envisioned that the project will consist […]

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£365m Starwood Capital loan unlocks redevelopment of London shopping centre

Get Living, the UK’s leading build-to-rent operator of large-scale neighbourhoods, has secured a £365m development loan from controlled affiliates of Starwood Capital Group, which represents one of the UK’s biggest development loans in the past year, to fund the redevelopment of the former Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre. The loan facility with Starwood Capital, which […]

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19 former Carpetright stores acquired by Bensons for Beds

Bensons for Beds has acquired 19 former Carpetright stores after their administration in July. The retailer intends to commence trading from the new locations over the course of the next few months and is seeking former Carpetright employees to join them. The locations of the former stores are spread across the country in Aberdeen, Ashton, […]

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Acquisition of The Gyle Shopping Centre and Launch of Open Offer

Capital & Regional (LSE: CAL), the UK focused REIT with a portfolio of in-town community shopping centres, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire The Gyle Shopping Centre (“The Gyle” or the “Property”) in Edinburgh for a total acquisition consideration of £40 million, excluding acquisition costs. The consideration for […]

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ADG sells co Durham retail development for £2.6m

Rapidly expanding Yorkshire-based property company Almscliffe-Dhesi Group (ADG) has sold a prominent retail development in Stanley, Co Durham for £2.625 million. ADG has transformed the brownfield site in Agnes Street into a popular roadside destination with national occupiers Starbucks, Greggs and Domino’s. also included are 4 electric vehicle charging points provided by Osprey. The development […]

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ADG submits plans for Peterlee retail centre

Yorkshire-based Almscliffe-Dhesi Group (ADG) has submitted plans to Durham County Council for a new centre on the former Vauxhall Car dealership site off Passfield Way, in a move it says would create up to 100 full and part-time jobs. High-profile tenants already signed up for the 13,027sqft sq ft development include national retailers Sainsbury’s, Tanning […]

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