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1. Grantham Designer
Outlet Village,
Lincolnshire, UK
Developer:
Rioja Estates
2. Cotswolds
Designer Outlet,
Gloucestershire, UK
Developer: Robert
Hitchins Ltd
3. Scotch Corner
Designer Village,
Yorkshire, UK
Developer:
Scotch Corner
Richmond LLP
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is expected to make Florentia Village a key of national and international names. With construction set to start on site in
attraction for luxury shoppers, business Set to open in spring 2027, Scotch Corner autumn 2026 and opening on course for
travellers and tourists. With the airport Designer Village will bring together a unique the summer of 2028, Grantham Designer
projected to handle 100 million passengers combination of retail outlet stores, leisure for Outlet Village by developer Rioja Estates
annually by 2026, this luxury designer outlet all ages, cafés and restaurants as well as the and contractor McLaren will be a state-of-
near Istanbul Airport will serve local and UK’s largest home and garden centre. All of the-art retail and leisure destination that
international visitors looking for premium this will be set in 100 acres of healthy green will transform the shopping experience for
brands at discounted prices. space, creating a truly regional, national and visitors. The site will become the UK’s only
The only major new retail opening in international destination. Scotch Corner premium outlet with a visible frontage and
the UK last year, the Cotswolds Designer Designer Village is a development by Scotch offer direct access from the UK’s third busiest
Outlet launched back in July. The stunning Corner Richmond LLP and is the vision of highway (A1). Inspired by the surrounding
destination provides a modern take on the property developer Simon Waterfield and countryside, the buildings are being conceived
traditional Cotswolds Village and has been his long-standing colleague Peter Mullen, as traditional forms with contemporary
carefully designed and delivered to showcase who founded Thomas Pink and made it the finishes and high-quality shop fronts. Phase
everything that makes the local area so brand it is today. The upcoming development 1 of the project is set to consist of 89 units
unique. The same attention to detail has will be home to over 80 premium, high street across 193,680sq ft, whilst Phase 2, which
been applied to the in-store experience and and independent fashion, sports, home will begin construction in 2029 and open
fit-outs, as the Cotswolds Designer Outlet and lifestyle brands. Fashion brands on around spring/summer 2031, will be home to
boasts the very latest store concepts, from site will include globally recognised names a further 48 units across 94,809sq ft. Ahead of
layout and lighting through to product. like Tommy Hilfiger, BOSS, Calvin Klein, the start of construction, Grantham Designer
The 136,000sq ft scheme was delivered by Levi’s and Skechers; as well as leading UK Outlet Village has received formal approval
developer and investor Robert Hitchins brands including Clarks, Moss Bros, Brook from South Kesteven District Council for a
Ltd and the specialist manager of retail and Taverner and Regatta. The site has planning series of NonMaterial Amendments (NMAs)
leisure destinations, Multi-Realm. The outlet permission for 182,500sq ft of retail stores, to the scheme’s permitted design, marking an
is located at the gateway to the Cotswolds, leisure outlets, cafes and restaurants (Phase important step in refining the development’s
just off Junction 9 of the M5, right on 1) and 115,000sq ft for one of the UK’s largest architectural identity. The amendments focus
Tewkesbury’s doorstep and equidistant from home and garden centres (Phase 2). There is on strengthening the outlet’s traditional
Bristol and Birmingham. It has a carefully potential to acquire a further outlet phase of character and ensuring the buildings sit
curated line-up of 52 brands, equating to 120,000sq ft owned by a third party for which more comfortably within the local context.
132,700sq ft, including an impressive roster planning approval is pending (Phase 3). Alongside the visual enhancements, the

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