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Malmö Designer Village, Malmö, Sweden
Developer: Rioja Estates
UK steel control panels arranged in an arc is now a fashionable bar. Brands
Opened back in 1998, Trafford Centre has become the go-to including Ray-Ban, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, The Kooples, Aesop and
shopping destination in the North of England thanks to its fantastic Calvin Klein opened among more than 100 shops, bars and restaurants,
mix of high street favourites alongside affordable luxury brands. The 254 apartments, office space as well as a leisure offering that includes
centre continues to hold a unique appeal as its spectacular design, the Chimney Lift experience. Developed by Battersea Power Station
both inside and out, has made it one of the most Instagrammable Development Company, the scheme is also home to a new six-acre
shopping centres in Europe. The recent Dyson store unveiling has riverfront that is open to the public.
been a huge success and the Trafford Centre is only its second ever Opening in 2024, Grantham Designer Outlet Village will be the
UK Demo store. H&M also chose Trafford Centre for its ‘first- premium new outlet shopping destination for the East of England, with
of-its-kind’ new store concept, featuring an open façade with the Phase 1 comprising up to 90 top-tier retailers, restaurants and attractive
introduction of a huge H&M Home, which has been enormously coffee shops and Phase 2 bringing the total number of stores to 137 in
popular with shoppers. The Trafford Centre has recently appointed 2025. This responds to the high demand for space: almost 30 per cent
Pradera Lateral as Asset Managers and they will be taking the scheme of the available footage is already committed, with a mix of popular
forward in the years to come. brands similar to that of Rioja Estates’ previous development, Designer
Battersea might be the last of the great UK shopping centres to open, Outlet West Midlands in Cannock. The scheme will have social and
if it is, it would be quite a scheme to end on. The power station opened environmental sustainability at its core; in addition to being awarded
on 14 October and is a modern mix of over 100 stores, dining, leisure, the BREEAM ‘Very Good’ certificate for sustainability in its design, the
medical, wellness, co-working and offices. The original control rooms in Designer Outlet promises to bring £100M in direct investment and create
both the 1930s and 1950s sides are being retailed to serve as cool dining/ more than 1,500 permanent jobs when it opens, creating opportunities
drinking locations and the architecture unsurprisingly, is the star. The for local people and businesses. The project is being delivered by Rioja
power station is at the heart of a much wider redevelopment of the south Estates, pioneers of the outlet retail sector, with leasing support from
west London site, with several stages of its residential and convenience advisors TORG International and KLM. Complementing the in-store
retail and leisure plans already complete and a new London Underground experience, it will also be the first outlet in the UK to offer a transactional
station open. However, the iconic power station will inevitably be the website, enabling visitors to shop online as well as browse available
standout. Control Room B, built in the 1950s and featuring stainless- products before travelling.

Sevilla Fashion Outlet, Seville, Spain Grantham Designer Outlet Village, Lincolnshire, UK
Developers: VIA Outlets Developers: Rioja Estates & Buckminster