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DEICHMANN SPRINGS INTO TOUCHWOOD AS

LENDLEASE ANNOUNCE NEW SIGNINGS

Lend Lease Retail Partnership, a fund managed by
Lendlease, has announced the signing of Europe’s largest
footwear retailer, Deichmann, at Touchwood Solihull,
following the German brand declaring expansion plans
to support British high streets amid the pandemic.
The brand has traded for over a century, starting
as a cobblers’ shop in Essen-Borbeck, west Germany,
in 1913. Since then, it has established a presence in
30 countries with over 4,000 stores, and has to date
sold more than 180 million shoes from internationally
recognised brands such as adidas, Nike, Skechers, and
Hush Puppies.
Located opposite EE and Schuh on the Crescent
Arcade, Deichmann will be launching the new 15,200sq
ft Touchwood store in late Spring, working towards the
government’s roadmap announcement for non-essential
re-openings. The unit will stock a complete array of
footwear, from smart to casual, and covering men’s,
women’s, and children’s lines.

SELFRIDGES AND ITS WEST END NEIGHBOURHOOD ARE SET TO WELCOME INTERNATIONAL BRAND HUGO BOSS, AND LEADING WORKSPACE PROVIDER FORA AT THE PARCELS BUILDING
ON OXFORD STREET. THE BUILDING IS BEING REFURBISHED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD AND WILL SEE THE BUSINESS JOIN THE SELFRIDGES NEIGHBOURHOOD FROM SPRING 2022. THE
45,000SQ FT BUILDING HAS CAPACITY TO HOUSE 20,000SQ FT OF RETAIL SPACE IN TOTAL, WITH HUGO BOSS SET TO BECOME THE LEAD RETAIL OCCUPIER AFTER SIGNING FOR A NEW
8,000SQ FT SPACE, SET TO LAUNCH WHEN THE SCHEME REOPENS. WHILE FORA WILL OPERATE 25,000SQ FT OF SPACE ACROSS SIX STOREYS OF THE UPPER FLOORS OF THE BUILDING.

MOZZA SIGN FOR UK FRED PERRY TO OPEN IN
DEBUT IN LEEDS AFFLECKS BUILDING

White Rose, part of the Landsec retail portfolio, has announced the Iconic British fashion brand Fred Perry is preparing to launch a
signing of Mozza, the wood fired pizza specialists, for their first-ever new flagship store in the Northern Quarter. The huge site will
site in England. be opening at the foot of Afflecks in the city centre this summer.
Due to open this summer once restrictions allow, the 2,273sq ft After several months of high-profile high street closures,
eatery will be located on White Rose’s upper level. Situated in the including nearby Debenhams, it’s good news for Manchester at
destination’s food and drink quarter, Mozza will join local and regional last. The heritage fashion brand was co-founded by Stockport-
operators, such as high-quality burger brand, Franksters, and national born tennis champion Fred Perry in the late 1940s, and is famed
and international brands, including Five Guys and Wagamama. for its polo shirts and laurel wreath logo.
Mozza creates carefully crafted and authentic Neapolitan pizza, It will be moving from its current location on Police Street to
produced by a skilled chef trained in the art of wood fired ovens, open the flagship store. The 2,820sq ft unit occupies the corner of
known as a Pizzaiolo. The brand has six restaurants throughout Oldham Street and Church Street, which has recently operated
Scotland and has chosen White Rose as the first step in expansion as a pop-up art gallery space.
plans into England and the rest of the UK. The new store will apparently be inspired by the theme of ‘Past,
Giuseppe Marini, Owner of Mozza, commented: “It’s extremely Present and Future’ in its design. The plans will see Fred Perry
exciting to be opening up our first site in England, highlighting the join the legendary shopping emporium building Afflecks, owned
strength of Mozza as a brand.” by Bruntwood Works.

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