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The largest in town dedicated Retail & Leisure Agency team outside of London, with offices in Manchester and Leeds.We are experts in retail and leisure property, across all sub sectors including shopping centres, high street, out of town, leisure schemes, market halls, cinemas, food stores and roadside.Our client portfolio of schemes reaches across over 80 shopping centres and over 20 retail and leisure parks, where we are currently leasing agents on over 18 million sqft of retail space.The firm advises close to 30 occupier clients to facilitate their corporate expansion and strategic plans.

The Colliers Retail Agency team provide specialist advice on leasing Shopping Centre, large estate, High Street , Outlet & Out of Town property and facilitating large scale repurposing & redevelopment projects all across the UK. We advise leading owners of retail property assets including a UK wide role advising Landsec on their shopping centres, outlets and London locations, together with leasing instructions on behalf of Westfield, Canada Life, AEW, Canary Wharf Group, Blackrock, Axa, Aviva, Aberdeen, KWAP and Invesco. We also advise a large number of leading and emerging occupiers, including Currys, Oliver Bonas, Sky, Aldi, Fraser Hart Jewellers, iSmash, Vodafone, Santander, Sainsburys & Boux Avenue on their acquisition and disposal programmes and store portfolio strategies.

Capital & Regional is a UK focused retail property REIT specialising in shopping centres that dominate their catchment, serving the non-discretionary and value orientated needs of the local communities. It has a track record of delivering value enhancing retail and leisure asset management opportunities across a portfolio of tailored community shopping centres. Using its expert property and asset management platform Capital & Regional owns and manages shopping centres in Edinburgh, Hemel Hempstead, Ilford, Maidstone, Walthamstow and Wood Green.Capital & Regional is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

The Co-op offers people award-winning food near to where they live and work, in handy-sized shops, open at convenient times. We’re growing fast. We’ve opened around 500 new stores in the last five years, our like-for-like sales continue to increase and we’re still acquiring. We’re looking for leasehold sites, of up to 5,000 sq ft gross, in locations highly visible from the road, close to transport hubs, new housing developments or district centres. We’re also interested in existing businesses with a net sales area of over 1,500 sq ft. We’re competitive, quick to respond and happy to retain introducing agents.

For everything we create, we consider its impact — on our customers, our colleagues and our planet. The same innovation that goes into making our products goes into taking on issues we care about deeply, such as accessibility, equity, privacy and the environment.Everyone joins Apple for a reason. Often it’s because they found a company that aligns with their own values.

At Peel Retail & Leisure, we create vibrant spaces for shopping, fun and relaxation. For over 30 years, we’ve been at the heart of UK communities, offering over two million sq ft of retail and leisure space.We understand our customers and stay ahead of trends, continually adapting to meet their needs. Our shopping centres and retail parks provide the perfect blend of shopping and leisure.Partner with us to be part of a dynamic environment that attracts and retains customers, ensuring mutual growth and success.

As one of the UK’s leading electric vehicle (EV) charging networks, we’re on a mission to make charging fast and hassle-free – aiming to install >100,000 charge points by 2030. We’ve plans to invest up to a £1bn in the UK and accelerate the rollout of ultra-fast charging. These will deliver the reliability and convenience UK motorists need for the EV transition. To support our continued growth, we’re looking for hundreds of locations across the UK for ultra-fast charging and Convenience Retail offers.

Boots is the UK’s leading health and beauty retailer. For 175 years, we’ve listened, learned and innovated, and continue to challenge ourselves to improve our products and services every day. With around 1,900 stores ranging from local community pharmacies to large destination health and beauty stores, our purpose is to support our customers and patients through every stage of their lives. We put our customers in control of their health and wellbeing and aim to unlock the beauty in everyone with our unrivalled depth and breadth of product offering.Boots. With you, for life.

The retail team at Avison Young specialises in both the in town and out of town retail sectors, with active agency, investment, and lease advisory departments. The team provides strategic advice to landlords on their asset strategies, including tenant mix and leasing. Additionally they provide solutions to an extensive selection of active occupiers in respect of their retail portfolios around acquisitions, freehold and leasehold disposals, and store rationalisation/ expansion.

Subway® is the largest specialist sandwich franchise in the UK and Ireland, with over 2,300 outlets. Almost 60% of Subway® restaurants are located on British and Irish high streets, providing employment for more than 25,000 local people. Subway® Guests can also enjoy their favourite Subway® in over 700 restaurants across petrol filling stations, hospitals, universities, supermarkets and convenience stores, making Subway® a hugely flexible and attractive brand to both Franchisees & Landlords. Subway® is committed to relentless evolution of its Guest experience covering both the menu; restaurant environment as well as digital channels.

JD Gyms is an award-winning gym chain approaching 100 sites in the UK, each averaging 25k sq ft.Established in 2013, JD Gyms is a majority owned subsidiary of FTSE 100 listed JD Sports PLC, we therefore boast strong covenants and have robust financial backing.After incredible successes and profitability over the last decade, the JD Gyms leadership team are continuing their ambitious growth strategy and are looking for viable space across all corners of the UK.Interested Landlords can join the likes of M&G Investments, Legal & General and Peel and confidently become part of our further expansion

When you're part of it, you put your heart into it. At John Lewis and Partners, we're more than employees, we're owners. That's why we're all called partners. And thats why we all go above and beyond to offer quality products and outstanding service to those who matter most - you our customers. Because for us, it's personal.

A global commercial real estate services leader, we will never settle for the world that's been built, but relentlessly drive it forward. We help our clients uncover opportunities big and small by curating customer experiences and discovering the best locations for every retail and leisure business to grow. Backed by data and loaded with insights, we help our clients make better decisions under any market conditions.

FHP Property Consultants are the leading Retail and Leisure Agents in the Midlands and winners of the EGi most active Retail Agent in the East Midlands for the last 15 years and 5th most active in the UK in 2024.FHP act on 16 shopping centres across the country including; Victoria Centre Nottingham, Derbion Derby, Three Spires Lichfield, The Gracechurch Sutton Coldfield, Sailmakers Ipswich, Wulfrun Wolverhampton, Peak Village Derbyshire, St Marks Newark, The Crescent Hinckley, & Pescod Square Boston. FHP are acquisition agents for Lidl, Dunkin’, BEAR, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Pizza Pilgrims, The Tap House, Puddle Ducks, Mobile Lab, dji x Hasselblad, Thai Express, Pudding Pantry, Birds Bakery, Wingers, Caffe Rizzoli Prosecco Bar & One Stop.

 Lidl GB is the fastest growing bricks and mortar supermarket in Great Britain, with over 970 stores, 14 regional distribution centres and over 35,000 colleagues across the country. Since opening its first stores over 30 years ago, the discounter has enhanced choice in towns and cities up and down the country by providing all households with access to good food at affordable prices. Lidl has long taken a flexible approach to delivering new stores and will consider freehold, leasehold, and developer transactions along with more flexible store formats in London. Please visit www.realestate-lidl.co.uk to view and download our Site Requirements Brochure.

The Gym Group was established in 2008 and currently has 235 gyms open across the UK, offering no contract low-cost gym memberships, within a high quality and welcoming environment. The business was successfully floated on the London Stock Exchange in November 2015, making it the only listed gym operator in the UK, with low levels of debt and therefore offering the best covenant within the sector.  With a healthy balance sheet, the business is looking to continue their nationwide expansion plans, with a strong focus on breaking down barriers to fitness for all, in turn delivering upon its sustainability and social value targets.

Offering delicious great quality food at competitive prices has been at the heart of what we do since John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury opened our first store in 1869. Today, inspiring and delighting our customers with tasty food remains our priority and our purpose is clear – we make good food joyful, accessible and affordable for everyone, every day. Our property team plays a vital role making it easier for customers to shop with us whenever and wherever they want and we’re opening new stores to provide greater choice and flexibility, developing our estate across the UK. We’re proud to have one of the largest store portfolios in the UK.

Edgerley Simpson Howe (ESH) is a niche agency specialising in the retail warehouse, leisure and foodstore sectors throughout the UK. We also provide advice to clients in the commercial roadside market, self storage, gyms, hotels, retirement and care home sectors. ESH is a leading adviser in the edge and out-of-town property market, providing bespoke advice relating to investment sales and purchases; lettings; asset management, occupier acquisitions and disposals; property development; rent reviews, lease restructuring and renewals. We asset manage over 120 retail and leisure parks, developments, solus units and foodstores totalling over 10 million sq ft in England, Wales and Scotland.

Savills' business spirit is innovative and resilient. We prioritise a thorough understanding of our customers' businesses, not just a narrow focus on the property market. We have well-established national teams across Out-of-Town Retail, Lease Consultancy, Central London, Shopping Centres and the High Street sectors, as well as our Retail Repurposing Team. Our vision, anticipating change, delivers added value for maximum performance to the benefit of our customers' businesses across the full property spectrum. We relish the challenge of helping your organisation fulfill its commercial aims, whilst also being at the forefront of the ESG agenda.

For 160 years, Transport for London has kept London moving. It has been one of the city’s biggest innovators; an inventive creator and creative designer. Places for London, TfL’s new and financially independent property company, is its latest innovation. We are here to unlock more of the potential of TfL land, creating a greener, kinder and more connected London for everyone.   As part of TfL, we’ve been supporting over 1,500 businesses in stations, railway arches and on high streets. Now, as Places for London, we’re working to release more of the untapped opportunity in TfL’s property to create more of the spaces that Londoners need to thrive.

CBRE’s 110 - strong Retail team is the largest in the market covering retail, F&B and leisure across the whole of the UK. With occupier knowledge at the heart of our business, we have a unique insight into the factors that are shaping the retail market across the UK. We provide a full range of services from leasing to full acquisition roles, including property location reviews, leveraging relationships, negotiation and execution. Our unrivalled market knowledge and insight drives value for investors and occupiers, through renewing or regearing leases, reviewing rents, and managing complex leasing or acquisition strategies.

Aldi believes in making every day amazing and delivering the best possible value for customers. In the last couple of years, we've seen a new generation of savvy shoppers turning their backs on traditional, full-price supermarkets and it is this behaviour shift that has supercharged our growth. With over 1,050 stores and more than 45,000 colleagues, Aldi plans to continue its ambitious growth strategy and increase its portfolio to over 1,500 stores, providing significant development opportunities across the UK. We're looking to create partnership opportunities to support our ambitious expansion plans.

At CACI we do amazing things with data and we know customers better than anyone else. We work with property developers and high street brands to reveal fascinating insights about how people interact with place using detailed catchment, demographic, spend and movement data. Working with CACI means you have access to a team of experts that eat, sleep, and breathe location intelligence. There is no other team out there that has access to such accurate and detailed data. Supported by their insight, you can be confident in your location strategy decisions. 

Launched in 2009, Pure Gym are the largest gym operator in the UK, the second largest in Europe and fourth biggest globally, with over 400 trading sites across the UK and over 2 million members! We offer Landlords an exceptional covenant, a high quality fit out and a strong brand to enhance tenant line up and drive footfall. We are more than 3x more profitable than our nearest competitor and undoubtedly the Gym operator of choice for Landlords and Developers. We have a range of formats to suit all markets and are seeking new opportunities from 5,000 - 20,000 sq.ft on roadside, retail parks and in shopping centres, prominent industrial units, and residential blocks, preferably with parking on sites outside of London.

Nimbus is a leading property intelligence platform that helps developers, investors, and property professionals identify and assess opportunities with ease. By combining powerful data insights with intuitive technology, Nimbus streamlines site sourcing, planning analysis, and market research, saving time and maximising profitability. Whether unlocking off-market deals, evaluating development potential, or navigating planning policies, Nimbus empowers users to make smarter, faster decisions. Trusted across the industry, it provides the tools needed to scale property businesses efficiently, reduce risk, and capitalise on opportunities with confidence in an ever-evolving market.

Restaurant Brands International Inc. and Bridgepoint came together in 2017 to create a Master Franchise joint venture ‘BKUK’, to build on the established commercial success of the Burger King®️ brand in the UK. BKUK is focused on growth, to open 40 new restaurants a year, and on adding hundreds of new sites by 2029. BK®️ as a brand in the UK is currently operating 572 restaurants; 293 of these are BKUK owned. Expansion is our key strategic objective, which means we’re interested in opening across a broad range of trading locations, from Drive-Thrus to High Streets and Retail Parks.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) was founded in Sweden in 1947 and is quoted on Nasdaq Stockholm. H&M’s business idea is to offer fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way. In addition to H&M, the group includes the brands COS, Monki, Weekday, & Other Stories, H&M HOME and ARKET. For further information, visit hmgroup.com  

The McDonald’s brand is globally recognised and is the world’s largest chain of quick service restaurants.  Trading in the UK since 1974, the company trades from more than 1,450 restaurants across the UK and Ireland and is one of the UK’s largest private sector employers with more than 135,000 employees. The business is continuing to expand, and we are looking to open hundreds of new stores across a range of formats – Drive Thru and Drive To restaurants in out of town/edge of town roadside locations; adjacent to supermarkets, retail and leisure parks and on arterial roads.

The Crown Estate is a unique UK business with the purpose of creating lasting and shared prosperity for the nation. Established in 1760, it operates independently and includes retail property in London and regionally, including some of the UK's top performing retail parks. The Crown Estate is focused on supporting the UK towards a net zero carbon and energy secure future; nature recovery, creating inclusive communities; and supporting equality, economic growth and productivity.

A UK commercial property company focused on real estate sectors with the strongest operational fundamentals: London campuses, retail parks, and London urban logistics. We own or manage a £13.6bn portfolio (British Land share: £8.9bn) as at 30 September 2024. Our purpose is to create and manage Places People Prefer – outstanding places that deliver positive outcomes for all our stakeholders on a long term, sustainable basis. Accomplished by leveraging our best in class platform and proven expertise in development, repositioning and active asset management. Our approach to sustainability is focused on three pillars: Greener Spaces, Thriving Places and Responsible Choices.

Starbucks is an international chain of restaurants that retails handcrafted coffee, tea, and fresh food items. With over 17,000 retail stores in more than 55 countries, Starbucks focuses on creating exceptional products and fostering connections with millions of customers every day. The company values its employees, known as partners, and is dedicated to inspiring and nurturing the human spirit through positive change and community growth.

Global Mutual is a European and U.S. real estate business founded in 2008, which specialises in investment and asset management on behalf of institutional and private capital. The company currently manages £5 billion of assets across a broad range of real estate sectors and strategies; including prime shopping centres, factory outlets and high-street parades. The company has a fully integrated platform which provides investors and clients access to a broad disciplinary base of expertise and judgement built over multiple market cycles to enable the creation, protection and enhancement of asset value.

Hammerson is a cities business. An owner, operator, and developer of prime urban real estate, with a portfolio value of £4.7billion in some of the fastest growing cities in the UK, Ireland and France. Our assets are high profile and play an important role in our communities, welcoming more than 180 million visitors each year and supporting over 23k jobs though our retail, dining, and social occupiers. These destinations include Bullring in Birmingham, The Oracle in Reading, Dundrum Estate, Dublin, and Terraces du Port in Marseille. We also hold investments in Value Retail, best-in-class villages such as Bicester Village, Oxfordshire as well as 80 acres of attractive pre-development and strategic land.