The 4,000sq ft restaurant will be located at the Brewery Quarter, one of Cardiff’s leading leisure destinations.
Spread across more than 65,000sq ft, the Brewery Quarter has been purposefully designed to maximise both inside and outside space, a feature which has retained its popularity following the rise in outside dining during the past year, and which helped to largely insulate the scheme against the impacts of the pandemic. Busaba will further enhance the dynamic and diverse occupier line up at the scheme, whose current tenant mix includes Starbucks, Nando’s and Five Guys, alongside five other food and beverage tenants and two leisure offerings.
This follows an additional letting at the Brewery Quarter to leisure and entertainment specialist Boom: Battle Bar, which agreed to take 12,000sq ft across four units in the lower piazza towards the end of last year, and whose offering includes an eclectic mix of Bavarian Axe Throwing, Electric Darts, Crazier Golf and Beer Pong. These lettings reflect a sustained occupier demand for premier leisure destinations, and together, take the scheme to 90 per cent full, with strong occupier interest for the remaining 7,000sq ft unit located on the ground and first floor of the property.
Ed Bales, Retail Asset Manager at Orchard Street, commented:“The selection of the Brewery Quarter as the location for Busaba’s first Welsh store is testament to the asset’s strong leisure proposition and prime location in Cardiff’s thriving city centre, while the restaurant’s unique dining concept will further enhance its impressive offering. With restrictions now lifting, consumers are once again returning to city centres in search of the best dining and leisure offerings, underlining the enduring human desire to interact and share experiences together.”
