Month: May 2024

Congratulations to our Kathryn Evans who has successfully passed her APC and is now officially a Chartered Surveyor. Well deserved Kathryn!

We are very pleased to announce that Cards Direct have opened another new store, their 4^th already this year, on Cheltenham High Street.

Cards Direct have moved into the former Entertainer at 99 High Street, which is one of the largest stores they have acquired so far, sitting in close proximity to The Works, Shoe Zone and Superdrug. Other stores have opened this year in Maidenhead, Sheffield and Chesterfield with a further store scheduled to open this weekend and two further deals exchanged.

Being vertically integrated allows Cards Direct to control the quality and pricing of the product range, offering a diverse selection of really great lines, at affordable prices.

Andrew Shepherd, Director at AS Retail who conducted the negotiations on behalf of Cards Direct commented “We are thrilled to have acquired this store on behalf of our clients, coming hot on the heels of the recent opening in Gloucester. Cards Direct are going from strength to strength and we have more stores in the pipeline for opening this year.”

We continue to search for our clients and if you have anything you feel is suitable, please send it through to Andrew Shepherd.

Thank you to Savills who advised the landlord.

We are thrilled to announce that three more occupiers have committed to Brightwells Yard in Farnham.

Everyone’s favourite chicken restaurant Nandos have signed to take RU5 of approx. 4,000 sq ft close to the new 6-screen Reel Cinema. Affordable premium health and fitness brand Jetts have signed on 9,500 sq ft facing onto the gardens and regional soft play operator Pirates Landing have secured a 6,500 sq ft which looks across to the Town Square.

Brightwells Yard, which will be opening this Summer, is an exciting mixed use development set within a pedestrianised streetscaped Town Square and Gardens. It will have around 100,000 sq ft of commercial set around 35 units served by 400 car parking spaces and sitting alongside 250 apartments.

Andrew Shepherd, Director at AS Retail who is leading on leasing commented “We are delighted to have secured these three fantastic brands. There are three more deals very close to signing, another couple about to go into legals plus a high level of interest in Brightwells now the cinema is open and the development is almost ready.”

There are still opportunities to join the line-up with units between 800 – 8,000 sq ft still available for retail, leisure, catering and service sector brands.  Please contact Andrew Shepherd and Kathryn Evans for further information.