All Property and Planning articles
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NewsCo-op sets sights on 100 franchise sites as expansion accelerates
The convenience retailer said franchise stores enabled it to ‘bring the benefits of membership to new and diverse communities’
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Comment & OpinionHow significant is John Lewis’s battle over online sales in rent?
And how are landlords and retailers dealing with the sticky issue of online sales in more recent turnover-linked leases?
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NewsSales dip at East of England Co-op as turnaround drives profit growth
The drop in turnover was party driven by a decision ‘to rationalise the trading estate to focus on driving higher profitability’
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NewsSainsbury’s, Morrisons and Iceland demand CMA acts on Aldi and Lidl
Competition is being ‘distorted’ by their ability ‘to restrict entry and expansion by competitor grocery retailers in local markets’, Sainsbury’s said
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NewsBrent Cross landlord sues John Lewis for share of click & collect sales
Brent Cross landlords Hammerson and Standard Life Investment argue click & collect sales fall within the terms of a turnover lease that was agreed in 1979
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NewsCDS distribution centre becomes one of UK’s largest solar installations
The newly completed 2.5MW rooftop solar installation at its Avonmouth warehouse is now exporting surplus power into the wider energy network
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NewsLidl publishes latest ‘wish list’ of new store locations
The discounter is offering a ‘finder’s fee’ of either 10% of the first year’s rent or 1.5% of the freehold value
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NewsSouthern Co-op warns of insolvency without merger
If members vote ‘no’, Southern Co-op said an external administrator would be appointed
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NewsAldi to to open eight new London stores in £40m investment
Planned new locations include Hanworth, Willesden, Watford, Marble Arch, Hoxton, Orpington West, Epsom and Stepney Green
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NewsAldi rolling out ‘singular global trading format’
The “new global model” will be “modularly adaptable for different store formats and building types”
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NewsWaitrose to refurbish 30 stores as part of £1bn investment
Waitrose said today the plans were part of its ongoing multi-year £1bn investment into its physical store estate
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NewsCosta Coffee to invest up to £3.5m to expand and upgrade London sites
The coffee chain will open up to seven new stores across the capital in 2026 and refurbish more than 10 existing sites
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NewsLidl to open 50 stores in 12 months in £600m investment
The plans are set to create about 2,000 jobs, according to the discounter
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NewsAsda, Morrisons and Lidl make £1bn worth of sale and leaseback deals
The three supermarkets struck sale and leaseback deals totalling £943m in 2025, according to Colliers
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NewsCosta Coffee reaches 400 drive-thrus with plans for 40 more in 2026
The coffee chain opened its first UK drive-thru store in 2011 with the format continuing to ‘play a key role’ in the evolution of its retail estate
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Analysis & FeaturesIs it time Aldi and Lidl were roped into restrictive land deals ban?
The CMA is consulting on whether to extend a ban on restrictive clauses in property deals to the two discounters
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NewsIceland boss: Aldi and Lidl should not ‘wriggle out of competition’
Richard Walker was commenting on the prospect of Aldi and Lidl arguing their limited ranges meant they should remain exempt from the land rules faced by seven other major supermarkets
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NewsCMA consulting on whether to ban Aldi and Lidl from restrictive land deals
Rivals Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Co-op are already banned from having so-called restrictive covenants in new property deals under the 2010 Controlled Land Order
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Comment & OpinionIs ‘the UK’s most sustainable neighbourhood’ pie in the sky?
It posed questions for supermarkets, but two years on the most pressing question seems to be whether it will actually happen
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NewsSupermarket Income REIT identifies £500m of potential grocery assets
Property investor Supermarket Income REIT has identified a strong pipeline of opportunities in the grocery real estate market, with £500m of assets available in its core target of UK supermarkets