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Soult's Retail View ― One month ahead of its 23 May opening, the names of several more tenants for Gateshead’s £150m Trinity Square development have emerged. The most recent brochure for the Tesco-led regeneration scheme, dated September 2012, features the...
Tags: Property, Regeneration, Shopping Centres, CEX, Costa, F&
Graham Soult ― 3 weeks 6 days ago
Soult's Retail View ― I understand that self-styled “university outfitter” Jack Wills has agreed terms on the prominent corner unit at Hammerson’s Monument Mall, bringing the brand to Newcastle for the first time. The unit (pictured below), with...
Tags: Fashion Stores, Property, Shopping Centres, Bose, Hammerson, Hugo Boss
Graham Soult ― 4 weeks 4 days ago
Soult's Retail View ― Newcastle is set to host one of the UK’s first branches of US lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret – if new posters around Hammerson’s Monument Mall development are to be believed. Following the opening of the scheme’s...
Tags: Property, Shopping Centres, Armani Exchange, Bose, Fenwick, Hammerson
Graham Soult ― 10 weeks 6 days ago
Soult's Retail View ― Ponden Home, the soft furnishings and accessories retailer, has opened a new shop in Gateshead town centre, taking the unit in Jackson Street that had been empty since Bonmarche closed down a year ago. Though the letting to Ponden Home had been...
Tags: Home And DIY, Property, Regeneration, Shopping Centres, Bonmarche, Costa
Graham Soult ― 13 weeks ago
Soult's Retail View ― Getting on for a year since the redevelopment of Monument Mall began, the first reconfigured store within the Hammerson-owned scheme is finally preparing to open its doors. The development’s anchor retailer – the fashion and homewares...
Tags: Fashion Stores, Property, Shopping Centres, Armani Exchange, Hammerson, Jamie's Italian
Soult's Retail View ― The outside of Newcastle’s enlarged Primark is finally starting to gain its funky cladding, as the Northumberland Street store gets ready for its planned opening next month. Since I last updated on the project at the end of July, the ...
Tags: Property, Shopping Centres, Armani Exchange, Barclays, Cath Kidston, Central Arcade
Graham Soult ― 28 weeks ago
Soult's Retail View ― The confirmation that Debenhams will be opening up in Lichfield’s former TJ Hughes store in March 2013 is great news for the city, and should give a big footfall boost to neighbouring retailers. The closure of all but six TJ Hughes stores a...
Tags: Department Stores, Property, Shopping Centres, Debenhams, Friarsgate, Lichfield
Graham Soult ― 30 weeks ago
Soult's Retail View ― Cath Kidston is to open a standalone store in Newcastle city centre, it has been revealed. The upmarket clothing, accessories, bags and homeware retailer – famous for its floral prints and patterns – has signed for the unit at 136-138...
Tags: Property, Shopping Centres, Specialist Retailers, Armani Exchange, Berrys, Blue Inc
Soult's Retail View ― L’Occitane en Provence, the upmarket beauty products retailer, is to open a standalone shop in Newcastle’s Eldon Square next month. Details of the September store opening – which were spotted and revealed by Flange in the...
Tags: Overseas, Property, Shopping Centres, Specialist Retailers, Bled, Bristol
Graham Soult ― 40 weeks ago
Soult's Retail View ― TJ Hughes is to reopen its store in Middlesbrough’s Captain Cook Square, it has been confirmed. The move comes almost exactly a year after the store closed its doors, following the retailer’s collapse into administration. At the time,...
Tags: Department Stores, Property, Shopping Centres, 99p Stores, Business Improvement Districts, Captain Cook Square
Graham Soult ― 41 weeks ago
Soult's Retail View ― It seems that Hammerson, the owner of Newcastle’s Monument Mall, may have inadvertently revealed two of the tenants that it’s signed up for the redeveloped shopping centre. Just on Monday, eagle-eyed retail enthusiast Mike Ho (@inmh88 ...
Tags: Property, Shopping Centres, Armani, Barclays Bank, Bristol, Broadmead
Graham Soult ― 42 weeks ago
Soult's Retail View ― Plans to be officially unveiled later this week reveal that the Northumberland Street entrance to Newcastle’s Eldon Square shopping centre is set to undergo a massive makeover. The planning application for the “partial demolition,...
Tags: Property, Shopping Centres, BHS, Blue Inc, Eldon Square, G-Star Raw
Graham Soult ― 46 weeks ago
You may have noticed a new crop of fresh berries at your market lately. I buy fresh ...
This week’s gorgeous guest is the lovely Meg from Gillmergirl.com. Meg is a ...
Sunday love. @kippeterschnaps requested steak and so: One pan, roasted London broil it is- ...