All Property and Planning articles – Page 8
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NewsDemand for warehouse space continues to outstrip supply, driving up rents
Some 11.3 million sq ft was taken in the first three months of the year, 11% up on the five-year average in quarter one, according to Colliers
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NewsPlans to force landlords to let vacant shops dismissed as ‘gimmick’
Landlords will be forced to rent shops out to the highest bidder if they have been vacant for over a year
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NewsShop vacancy rates are falling but more uncertainty looms, warns BRC
It is only the second quarter in which the vacancy rate has fallen during the last four years
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NewsLidl offers finder’s fee to anyone who identifies a suitable site for a new store
It would mean a £22,500 fee for finding a location that leads to a £1.5m freehold purchase
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NewsProperty sell off takes Asda profits past £1bn
Asda’s statutory profits topped £1bn last year, according to newly filed accounts, as the group benefited from a one-off gain of almost £400m on property sales
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NewsIceland opens second Swift convenience store, in Wembley
It is to be followed by three more within the M25 as Iceland expands the concept it launched a year ago as a single-store pilot in Newcastle
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NewsIceland to roll out its Swift c-store format to London
Launched as a single-store pilot in Newcastle last spring, the convenience format is now set to extend to four more stores in London over the next few months
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NewsStore Group to bolster estate following new COO and CFO appointments
Retailer has appointed Lee Rhodes as its new chief operating officer and Kevin Boyle as chief financial officer
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Analysis and FeaturesHow rapid delivery has led a space race in the UK’s cities
Amazon, Deliveroo, and rapid delivery players are among those competing for a shrinking pool of warehouse space as the need for speed ramps up
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Analysis and FeaturesHow Covid has changed the supermarkets’ property plans
Two years of Covid has transformed shopping patterns and left property plans in disarray. For some retailers, a new strategy is needed
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NewsSupermarkets ‘need to revisit expansion strategies’ in light of levelling-up agenda
The warning came as analysis revealed how under-represented some supermarkets are in the first towns in line to benefit from ‘King’s Cross-style regeneration projects’ in government plans
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NewsTown centre supermarkets 'at greater risk of closure as online grows'
The poorer suitability of town centre sites to serving online orders could put them in the firing line amid store opening activity elsewhere, according to Atrato Capital
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NewsOcado’s Islington spoke plan suffers another setback
The Nocado campaign called the decision “a huge relief”.
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NewsNew Iceland stores being held up by underfunded councils
The delays are holding up the investment and access to jobs needed for the government to achieve its ‘levelling up’ ambitions, according to Iceland MD Richard Walker
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NewsWaitrose takes biggest hit to passing footfall in pandemic
Data analysts CACI used mobile phone location data to track average weekly footfall in the area immediately surrounding stores during the pandemic
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NewsLidl appoints Richard Taylor chief development officer as Alan Barry returns to Ireland
Barry moved to Lidl GB from Lidl Ireland, where he had also been chief development officer, early last year
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NewsPoundland to open biggest-ever store at 15,000 sq ft
The new store is about three times the size of an average Poundland and will employ 75 full or part-time staff
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NewsNew leases promising landlords a share of online boom struggle to tempt retailers
Limited progress has been made in implementing the new lease models throughout the pandemic, The Grocer has learned
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NewsHelloFresh to open new DC in Derby and create 450 jobs
It will be HelloFresh’s third DC, and comes after the launch of Nuneaton site The Beehive, which opened in 2020
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NewsFalling vacancy rates offer ‘glimmer of hope’ for retail says BRC
Overall retail vacancy rate across Britain fell 0.1 percentage points to 14.4% in the fourth quarter of 2021, suggesting the structural impact of the pandemic had in some regions ‘peaked’