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THERME GROUP TO DEVELOP A SECOND WELLBEING
DESTINATION ON GLASGOW WATERFRONT

Therme Group, a global developer and operator of
state-of-the-art wellbeing destinations, has signed heads
of terms with Peel L&P for the location of its second
UK project. On a waterfront site in central Glasgow,
the project will be constructed on the Peel L&P 21.5-
acre site adjacent to the Riverside Museum, at the
intersection of the Kelvin and Clyde rivers.
Therme is aiming to submit a planning application
for Therme Scotland to Glasgow City Council in 2022.
Therme Scotland is expected to be around 320,000sq
ft in size and to cost around £100M to build. It will
include a next-generation indoor water park, extensive
thermal pools and spa, and a health and wellbeing
centre. Additional elements of the project also include
a vertical farm, which will enable sustainable and locally
grown, nutrient-rich fresh produce to be available to the
millions of guests that will visit every year.
Therme Scotland will be Therme’s second wellbeing
destination in the UK after Therme Manchester.

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ASTRID & MIYU TO BLUEWATER SIGNS
LAUNCH THREE NEW SITES INDEPENDENT BRANDS

Award-winning jewellery brand Astrid & Miyu is launching three Landsec has announced a new retail concept for Bluewater, which
new destination stores in London as part of Founder Connie Nam’s will showcase an array of independent brands within a dedicated
ambitious expansion plans which commenced earlier this year with space. The project is a partnership between Landsec, the local
the opening of its highly successful Notting Hill store. trade organisation, Produced in Kent, and its members. The new
Opening on 18 November, 25 November and 2 December on space will serve as a destination for Bluewater’s guests to sample
King’s Road, Foubert’s Place and Coal Drops Yard, the new stores some of the best produce from across the region.
arrive just in time for the festive season and follow the brand’s first The 2,000sq ft store is set to be at Bluewater for six months,
ever Christmas advent calendar that swiftly sold out. The new stores featuring dedicated demonstration spaces, tasting stations and
will feature similar Scandinavian and Japanese-inspired designs to other interactive features. It will work on a rotating basis and
Astrid & Miyu’s now nine-strong store portfolio. Complete with regularly introduce new brands, to keep the destination’s and
luxurious modern visuals, the stores will offer a selection of the concept’s offer fresh and exciting for guests, and to provide a
brand’s three services – piercing, tattooing and bracelet welding – physical platform for as many brands as possible.
along with its iconic gold vermeil and solid gold jewellery, perfect for Several businesses have been introduced, including Shepherd
‘ear stacking’. Neame, Kent Crisps, Kentish Pip, Maidstone Distillery, Coffee
The trio of London launches this Christmas period reflect the Bean Shop, Fudge Kitchen and Meopham Valley Vineyard with
brand’s commitment to bricks-and-mortar following a challenging more looking to join as Christmas approaches and the news
time for physical retail. follows the recent opening of Amazon 4-star at Bluewater.

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