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title: "GRO Retail - Why Attend: Retailers"
description: Join the UK's largest retail property event. Connect with industry leaders, explore opportunities, and drive your business growth.
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# RETAIL, HOSPITALITY & LEISURE BRANDS

#### SECURE YOUR NEXT UK RETAIL LOCATIONS WITH GRO RETAIL

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TRUSTED BY INDUSTRY LEADING BRANDS 

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### WHY RETAILERS ATTEND GRO RETAIL 

##### **GRO IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT RETAILERS ACTIVELY PLANNING NEW STORES, RELOCATIONS OR FORMAT CHANGES.**

**By bringing landlords and agents with live space together in one place, GRO Retail helps retailers replace months of outreach with focused, outcome-driven conversations.**

- Engage with top UK landlords, agents and retailers
- Access the best UK retail sites before they reach the wider market
  
  Exposure to live retail space across the UK in one place
- Compare multiple locations, formats and landlords in one day
- Progress site searches, relocations and re-gears face-to-face
- Sense-check expansion plans against real market availability

 

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## Previous participants include

![LANDSEC](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LANDSEC.png?width=500&height=500&name=LANDSEC.png)

![sov centros](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sov%20centros.png?width=500&height=500&name=sov%20centros.png)

![SAVILLS](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SAVILLS.png?width=500&height=500&name=SAVILLS.png)

![PLACES FOR LONDON](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PLACES%20FOR%20LONDON.png?width=500&height=500&name=PLACES%20FOR%20LONDON.png)

![NETWORK RAIL](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/NETWORK%20RAIL.png?width=500&height=500&name=NETWORK%20RAIL.png)

![momentum group](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/momentum%20group.png?width=500&height=500&name=momentum%20group.png)

![GET LIVING](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GET%20LIVING.png?width=500&height=500&name=GET%20LIVING.png)

![Black rock](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Black%20rock.png?width=500&height=500&name=Black%20rock.png)

![nuveen](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nuveen.png?width=500&height=500&name=nuveen.png)

![Barker Proudlove](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(7).png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(7).png)

![Bruce Gillingham Pollard](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(6).png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(6).png)

![CBRE](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(5).png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(5).png)

![Wright Silverwood](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(4).png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(4).png)

![Milligan](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(3).png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(3).png)

![Hines](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(2).png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(2).png)

![Culverwell](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama-2.png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama-2.png)

![Newmark](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(4)-1.png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(4)-1.png)

![Avison Young](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama-3.png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama-3.png)

![Morgan Williams](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(2)-1.png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(2)-1.png)

![Johnstone Property Consultants](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama-4.png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama-4.png)

![BKL Property Consultants](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Soul%20Mama%20(2)-2.png?width=500&height=500&name=Soul%20Mama%20(2)-2.png)

![New River](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/New%20River.png?width=1438&height=1438&name=New%20River.png)

![URW](https://groevents.com/hs-fs/hubfs/URW.png?width=1438&height=1438&name=URW.png)

### WHAT RETAILERS ACCESS AT GRO RETAIL

![Group 59 (3)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Group%2059%20(3).svg)

##### THE UK'S TOP RETAIL PROPERTY DECISION-MAKERS ATTEND

![Vector (2)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Vector%20(2).svg)

##### MEET LANDLORDS & AGENTS WITH LIVE SPACE

![Group 59 (1)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Group%2059%20(1).svg)

##### ONE DAY OF NETWORKING, INSIGHT & OPPORTUNITY

![Group 59 (2)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Group%2059%20(2).svg)

##### UK-WIDE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS ALL MAJOR RETAIL FORMATS

### BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

![Vector (1)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Vector%20(1).svg)

#### **MEET LANDLORD & AGENT DECISION-MAKERS**

Pre-arrange face-to-face conversations aligned to your live site requirements, enabling more productive discussions and faster next steps.

![Vector (2)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Vector%20(2).svg)

#### **SECURE EARLY ACCESS TO THE BEST SITES**

Engage with landlords and agents early on prime retail opportunities — often before sites reach the wider market.

![Vector (4)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Vector%20(4).svg)

#### **COMPARE LOCATIONS & FORMATS**

View multiple opportunities across different asset types in one day.

![Vector (3)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Vector%20(3).svg)

#### **SHARE REQUIREMENTS VIA SOAPBOX**

Outline your site needs, formats and rollout plans through live [SOAPBOX](https://groevents.com/retail-spring-soapbox?hsLang=en) pitches onstage at the event, helping landlords and agents respond faster with relevant opportunities.

![Vector](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Vector.svg)

#### **PROGRESS SITE SEARCHES FASTER**

Move from introduction to next steps without weeks of follow-ups.

![Vector (5)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/The%20Market%20Place%20Theme%202025/Images/Vector%20(5).svg)

#### **GAIN VISIBILITY OF THE MARKET**

Sense-check availability, competition and flexibility in real time to inform confident expansion decisions.

We really feel that GRO is one of the key events of the of the year in terms of bringing everyone together. Having a meeting space within the conference is super important to us because it gives us a space that is just ours where we can enjoy meeting with our brand partners and our agents. Actually having the space to to sit down with them and see them face-to-face rather than on the phone or on Teams. It's a real, good way to connect with them.

There's a really high calibre of people attending and what I really love is that it's fluid, so you can just be walking across the room from one place to another and you're bumping into new contacts all the time, as well as that there's the chance to meet with everybody we already know and to reconnect.

##### Claire Dutton

 Leasing Director, Landsec

![LANDSEC (2)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/LANDSEC%20(2).png)

Hammerson are the owner, operator and investor in a number of UK and international retail destinations. Hammerson has attended GRO Retail for a number of years.

GRO provides a great opportunity to meet with both new and existing tenants - between myself and my colleagues, we've held between about 60-70 meetings today with a variety of companies.

##### Alex Hill

 Leasing Manager, Hammerson

![Hammerson](https://groevents.com/hubfs/Hammerson.png)

What’s so valuable is the face-to-face interaction - work that might take three or four months to achieve elsewhere, you can often do here in a single afternoon here.

In fact, at least half of our 20 UK sites have been influenced in some way by opportunities we’ve found through GRO Retail. It’s the perfect platform to launch new concepts to the market through the Soapbox Sessions, and we’ve already seen international interest which we’d never have expected.

##### Hamza Alli

 Development Director, Haute Dolci

![Haute Dolci (2)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/Haute%20Dolci%20(2).png)

GRO Retail is such a valuable forum for us at Places for London. Looking after around 1,500 retail businesses across 5,500 acres, this event gives us the chance to reconnect with our existing retailers, hear about their plans and expansions, and meet new retailers who want to understand more about our estate.

##### Samantha Bain Mollinson

 Head of Retail, Places For London

![Places for london  (3)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/Places%20for%20london%20%20(3).png)

As a people-focused industry, retail is all about connections - so events like GRO Retail are essential. It’s a leasing showcase, an insight platform, and a networking forum all in one. For us, it’s not just about the immediate pipeline for next year; conversations here are already shaping transactions for 2027 and beyond.

The event brings together retailers, landlords, and agencies in a way that’s broad and inclusive, covering everything from new market entrants to the big London talking points.

##### Rob Hargreaves

 Partner, Knight Frank

![Knight Frank](https://groevents.com/hubfs/Knight%20Frank.png)

GRO Retail is the meeting place for the property industry because it's quite a rare opportunity that brings everybody together. So much of this industry is about relationships and trust and people, so  having somewhere where everybody is together, to be able to share resources and insights and really feel part of the community, is key.

It's amazing because these are the connections, the relationships and the conversations that are so key to building our business going forward.

##### Rebecca Morter

 Chief Executive Officer, Lone Design Club

![Lone Design Club (2) 1](https://groevents.com/hubfs/Lone%20Design%20Club%20(2)%201.png)

GRO Retail has been an excellent opportunity for Dundee to showcase what we have to offer. For us, it was about putting Dundee on the map - meeting retailers, developers, and agents who might not have previously considered the city and highlighting the significant investment and regeneration opportunities available.

##### James Williamson

 Lead on Investment Company Engagement, Dundee Council

![Dundee logo  (2)](https://groevents.com/hubfs/Dundee%20logo%20%20(2).png)

### From growth plans to real places

##### **GRO BRINGS TOGETHER THE LANDLORDS AND AGENTS REQUIRED TO HELP RETAILERS SECURE NEW LOCATIONS EFFICIENTLY.**

GRO offers one of the most concentrated snapshots of live UK retail property opportunity, connecting retailers with landlords and agents aligned to active space availability.

Through a highly curated programme of face-to-face meetings, retailers can compare individual sites and portfolio-level opportunities, progress site searches and move forward faster - all in a single day.

**You will meet:**

- Landlords across high street, retail park, shopping centre & mixed-use assets
- Leasing, asset management and property directors
- Agents representing landlord portfolios and available space
- Stakeholders supporting new openings, relocations and re-gears

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