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AS Retail are excited to announce the opening of Cards Direct in Queensgate, Peterborough, this is their 39^th store with representation all across the Midlands and South of England in locations such as High Wycombe, Portsmouth, Canterbury and Horsham to name but a few.  The store offers a great selection of excellent greetings cards, partyware and balloons for every occasion.

The unit sits on the West Mall immediately adjacent to Tiger and Swarovski and in close proximity to O2, Lush, Greggs, Ernest Jones and Marks and Spencer.

Andrew Shepherd, Director at AS Retail commented “This is another fantastic acquisition for Cards Direct who have continued to grow their portfolio. We have been involved in each one and hopefully will continue to assist them in the future.”

If you have anything you feel suitable for Cards Direct please contact Andrew Shepherd or Ellie Oldershaw with the details.

AS Retail are pleased to announce that Baffled, an independent continental café-bar, have now opened in the Cascades Shopping Centre, Portsmouth. This unit is situated in the pop-up grab and go food cluster close to the Commercial Road entrance to the scheme, and immediately adjacent to Yogoo, the frozen yoghurt chain. This will be Baffled’s third unit along with Baffled Café in Southsea and the Baffled at the Beach on Southsea Seafront.

We still have spaces available for the grab and go pop-up food brands for this Summer and in the run up to Christmas.  Please contact Adam Sarwar or Andrew Shepherd for further information.

Congratulations to Maybugs who open their doors on Terminus Road, Eastbourne in the former Laura Ashley store. The property has two trading floors and sits in a highly prominent and busy location close to the entrance to The Beacon Shopping Centre.

Andrew Shepherd, Director at AS Retail commented “We are really excited to see Maybugs open in Eastbourne with their fantastic concept for selling beautiful things for fabulous people. This will be a great addition to the line-up in Eastbourne and we wish them well for the future.”

More information on Maybugs can be found at https://www.maybugs.co.uk.

For further information please contact Andrew Shepherd.

We are delighted to welcome Annie Boddington to AS Retail for a Summer internship.

Annie will be assisting with various site finding mandates and generally helping out with our projects.

We are thrilled to announce that Mooboo Bubble Tea have opened it’s doors in 825 sq ft of space in Addlestone One, Surrey.

The unit sits opposite the entrance to The Light Cinema, adjacent to Smith & Western and in close proximity to Esquires, Nandos and Anytime Fitness.  This is a fantastic new addition to the line-up.

This mixed use development, sitting within the affluent catchment area of Surrey, also contains over 200 dwellings, 370 dedicated car parking space and The Runnymede Council offices.

We still have remaining opportunities for retail, catering, leisure and service sectors throughout the scheme so please contact Adam Sarwar or Andrew Shepherd for further information.

We are delighted to announce that last weekend our clients, BoConcept, opened their stunning new 4,210 sq ft showroom in York. Formerly occupied by Laura Ashley, the store offers contemporary Danish furniture, space saving solutions alongside lighting and accessories.

The showroom is the brand’s first out of town unit and sits adjacent to American Golf and Evans Cycles, close to the Sainsburys supermarket at Monks Cross.

You can link through to the new store’s extensive ranges and the BoConcept official website below:

BoConcept – Monks Cross, York

BoConcept.com/en-gb

Andrew Shepherd, Director at AS Retail who advised BoConcept on the store acquisition commented ‘We are delighted to have secured this superb property on behalf of our clients and this is an exciting new store opening for York.

We are seeking other opportunities for BoConcept nationwide and, please contact Andrew Shepherd for further information.

We are thrilled to now launch the marketing for the exciting Magna Square development in Egham, Surrey.

Please visit the commercial website at www.magnasquare-commercial.co.uk where you can download the marketing brochure and learn more about the development.

The scheme will comprise an Everyman cinema, a new improved Budgens Supermarket with four additional commercial units totalling 10,700 sq ft, plus 100 residential units and 101 student beds all set within an extensive open-air boulevard connecting Egham High Street to Station Road.

For further information please contact Andrew Shepherd or Ellie Oldershaw to discuss your requirements in more detail.

Please see the link below to see what our Andrew Shepherd had to say when the Requirement List interviewed him.

Q&A with Andrew Shepherd, Director at ‘AS Retail’ | The Requirement List

Congratulations to River Island for the long awaited opening of their new 12,000 sq ft flagship store in Lower Precinct, Coventry. With a combination of the former Select and Clarks on the upper gallery close to H&M and Next, the two units have been combined and reconfigured to provide Ground and First Floor trading space offering a full range of Men’s, Ladies and Kid’s clothing.

This letting consolidates Lower Precinct as the prime shopping pitch in the city where other occupiers include H&M, Next, New Look, Pandora, Lush and The Entertainer. The centre totals approximately 225,000 sq ft of space in an attractive covered setting. Lower Precinct had a pre-covid weekly footfall of around 200,000 and the scheme benefits from consistent footfall delivery generated from the 540 space multi-storey car park.

Coventry is City of Culture for 2021 with a number of exciting events planned for the Summer and Autumn this year.

Andrew Shepherd, Director at AS Retail who conducted the negotiations on behalf of the landlord commented “We are absolutely delighted to welcome River Island to Lower Precinct Shopping Centre and to satisfy their long-standing relocation requirement. It has been a superb effort from the teams on both sides of the negotiation to conclude this deal considering the circumstances over the last twelve months and we are confident that the new flagship store will complement the fantastic tenant mix we already boast at Lower Precinct, putting us on the front foot as restrictions ease further over the next few months. We have other opportunities available for retail, catering, leisure or alternative uses ranging from standard shop units to large floor plates so please contact myself or my joint agents, Wright Silverwood and Space, to discuss availability.”

Knight Frank represented River Island in the transaction.

AS Retail are pleased to announce the opening of their client Traid’s new boutique on Walthamstow High Street.

This acquisition provides Traid with their 13^th boutique in London and follows shortly after the opening of their fabulous Lewisham store in Autumn 2020. Traid have taken a 15 year lease with the property being arranged over ground floor only, totalling approximately 2,340 sq ft. It was formerly occupied by Linens Direct and sits opposite Wilko and in close proximity to Sainsburys.  Please see their website for more information on Traid and their activities at www.traid.org.uk.

Andrew Shepherd, Director at AS Retail who conducted the negotiations on behalf of Traid commented “We are delighted to have secured this property after a long negotiation with the deal being concluded during lockdown. It is one of a very few large units on Walthamstow High Street and I’m confident Traid will be an excellent addition to the vibrant retail offering there.”

We are seeking more sites on behalf of our clients in similar London locations of between 2,000 – 3,000 sq ft and therefore please contact Andrew Shepherd or Ellie Oldershaw to discuss anything that might suit.