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uk The upcoming Grantham Designer Outlet Village now has
The £75M development of Barton Square at intu Trafford a planned opening of summer 2021 and leasing is currently
Centre has reached the significant halfway milestone. The underway for this premium outlet in a region where no
project is set to add over 110,000sq ft of additional shopping equivalent retail offering is available. The new scheme will be
space. Along with the impressive exterior development, the providing a full retail offering of 270,000sq ft within landscaped
interior has also undergone a major transformation. Iconic grounds and will be home to 130 luxury brand stores. The
marble and granite materials used to develop the luxurious leasing programme has seen an extremely successful start,
stone flooring and marble statues have been sourced from with confirmed letters of interest and heads of terms from
all over the world including Brazil, Italy and India. Fitting with brands including Armani, Moss Bros, Levi’s, Gap, Chapelle,
the grand stature of the centre, the revived Barton Square Denby, Pavers, ProCook, and Radley. Driven by leading
will be elegantly lined with 36 palm trees, 20 marble seats, designer outlet village developers Rioja Estates and family-
120 urns and a total of 120 statues. In addition, a splash of owned, local property investment business Buckminster,
splendour will be provided by a stunning water fountain. The Grantham Designer Outlet has been designed around a
HEdE FASHION OuTLET all new Barton Square will offer a better customer experience quality environment incorporating cafes, restaurants, public
Gothenburg, Sweden
developer: VIA Outlets SPAIN 5,000-person concert venue. The project will comprise for all visitors with a range of popular retailers all under one spaces with play areas, 1,800 parking spaces, VIP centre and
The Madrid Open Sky shopping centre, being developed eight neighbourhoods which will be curated to provide impressive new roof including a two-storey, flagship Primark a visitor and tourism centre. The premium outlet village
by the Compagnie de Phalsbourg and with an investment unique experiences and something for everyone. Entailing an store. An extra 305 parking spaces are being created including represents a £100M investment in the local area and will
to date of 157 million euros, has delayed its opening until investment of €800M the project’s design will create a centre additional electric charging spaces. The grand opening of intu create approximately 1,500 jobs by the end of the year.
April 2020. The commercial complex will be located in which is highly inclusive with a high standard of sustainability. Trafford Centre’s Barton Square will take place in spring 2020. Also in Grantham, Downtown Grantham Designer Outlet
Torrejón de Ardoz and will be the largest in the Community The centre will incorporate the latest technological advances Edinburgh St James will be a world renowned, retail-led, is a major project that is regenerating an existing retail
of Madrid, with an area of 90,000sq m and have a futuristic in energy efficiency, water use and sustainable construction. mixed-use destination for the future. Boasting a world-class destination that has been successfully trading for over thirty
design inspired by the city of Dubai. 75 per cent of its space The shopping resort will meet, and where possible exceed, retail, leisure, hotel and residential offer and injecting over years and already attracts more than two million shoppers
has already been commercialised and in total it will have 114 all the requirements of ISO 14001 and IS0 50001, and other £1bn of investment into the city, the scheme will strengthen each year. Once the scheme is complete in 2021 by
stores and 32 restaurants. In addition to the commercial internationally recognised standards such as BREEAM. Edinburgh’s global standing by transforming the city’s east developers Oldrids & Downtown, projections suggest that
space, the centre will feature leisure components including Scheduled to open in 2023 and being developed by intu and end. Now becoming an inspiring, attractive and vibrant an additional three and a half million visitors will be drawn to
swimming pools and a karting area. The opening of Open Eurofund, the site will stretch over 235,000sq m and offer destination for people to live, shop, experience and play, the site, which will become a mixed-use retail development.
Sky, although delayed until the spring of 2020, was scheduled over 400 stores, parking for 10,000 cars and the expected Edinburgh St James is being developed by Nuveen Real The new scheme will feature 107 shops over 220,000sq ft
for the fall of this year. The shopping centre will generate visitors per year is a staggering 23 million people. Estate and is opening in stages over the next couple of years, and become the heart of the project. It will also offer a major
about 1,000 jobs, of which 500 will be occupied by persons being completed in 2021. The project will be home to 85 department store, large furniture and homeware store
registered in Torrejón de Ardoz, following an agreement of SwEdEN retail units and 30 F&B units across five levels over a total of and a garden centre, along with leisure elements, a tourist
the Compagnie de Phalsbourg with the City Council. Following extensive remodelling at Hede Fashion Outlet, 850,000sq ft of prime retail, food and leisure space that will, information centre and a special training academy which is
Neptune, a joint venture between Neinver and Nuveen VIA Outlets’ centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, the centre upon completion, account for 21 per cent of Edinburgh’s being developed in partnership with Grantham College, with
Real Estate, will invest over €10M in its two largest centres opened the new extension to guests 24 October. The retail offer. The site will also be home to an iconic W the intention of creating a centre of excellence for training in
in Spain: Getafe The Style Outlets and San Sebastián de works, which represented an investment of €11M, have Edinburgh Hotel and 152 state-of-the-art new homes. the fields of retail, hospitality, leisure and travel.
los Reyes The Style Outlets. San Sebastián de los Reyes added 3,000sq m, bringing the total to 19,000sq m, and 14
The Style Outlets, the largest outlet centre in Spain, which new stores including Gant, Calvin Klein, Lindt and Brun &
receives over five million visits every year, will add more than Stenśade. The now 70 stores strong outlet is expected to
2,000sq m of GLA for a dozen new brands, and will also see an increase in footfall of 25 per cent next year as a result
enlarge some of the current stores. Works at the centre of the remodelling. The next centre to enjoy remodelling is
have already started and are scheduled to be completed in the Portuguese Vila Do Conde Porto Fashion Outlet, which
January 2020. Meanwhile Getafe The Style Outlets, currently will enjoy a €13M investment for refurbishments which will,
celebrating its 20th anniversary, will add over 20 new units amongst other things, focus on improving the customer
and enlarge the stores of some top brands operating at service and leisure offerings, while internal architecture will
the centre. Refurbishment works will be conducted in two be remodelled to better reflect the local region and upgrade
phases and are expected to be completed in June next year. the customer experience. Both remodelling initiatives are
Plans for intu Costa del Sol combine the best in retail important parts of VIA Outlets’ 3 R’s strategy, which aims to
with more than 20 different leisure activities, two hotels, remodel, remarket and remerchandise centres to turn them
a complete range of F&B options, a beach club and a into premium outlet destinations.

dOwNTOwN GrANTHAM dESIGNEr OuTLET
Grantham, uk
developer: Oldrids and downtown

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