Hammerson and Hermes, the joint developers of Leicester’s £350m Highcross Quarter have signed up two new fashion tenants who will each make their debut in the city.
Designer brands Hugo Boss and Cruise have taken prelets at the £350m shopping and leisure centre due to open in October 2008.
Cruise will open a three-level 7,179 sq ft flagship store, while Hugo Boss will trade from ground and mezzanine levels in a new 4,348 sq ft shop – which will be one of the retailer’s largest city centre stores in the UK.
The two retailers join the fashion tenant line-up including:
Meanwhile, Apple, will also be making its city centre debut at Highcross Leicester, with the opening of a 6,210 sq ft store located between H&M and
Highcross Leicester will absorb the existing Shires shopping centre to become a single destination of over 1m sq ft incorporating over 100 fashion retailers, three department stores – a new 220,000 sq ft John Lewis, and existing Debenhams and House of Fraser – plus 120 flats, 3,000 parking spaces, and Leicester’s first city centre multiplex cinema.
Joint letting agents for Highcross Leicester are Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ.
