James Child
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Christmas woes for retail landlords
How can landlords protect themselves from the effects of plummeting footfall and sales?
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Clicks, bricks and deal or no deal
Online spend is expected to breach the 20% mark for the first time during this year’s festive period
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Woolworths: 10 years after the collapse
A decade without pick’n’mix – we take a look at the Woolworths collapse and what has happened since
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House of Fraser to close all intu stores
HoF pulls plug on four stores after shopping centre owner refuses to grant rent reductions.
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Council investment tops £4.6bn since 2013
Since 2013 local authority spending across all property sectors has topped £4.6bn
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Retail occupiers look for small changes in logistics space
Developers are finding it increasingly difficult to respond to the need for new logistics space
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Budget 2018: Change of use from retail at five-year high
Change-of-use planning applications away from retail to other types are up 125% since 2013
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Shops are taking longer and longer to let
Only 1.89% of empty shops are now let within the first three months of being marketed
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Spaces to places? The car park gems in intu’s portfolio
Retail REIT plans to utilise car parking land by re-purposing spaces into PRS flats and hotels
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Amazon: a force for good?
The internet offers massive opportunities to physical retailers, not just the online powerhouses.
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Reclassification, re-animation and repurposing of retail
Reclassification will help identify an asset’s value by defining its function within the community
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Retail investment slows in face of occupier unease
Overall levels of investment in retail real estate remained subdued in the opening six months of this year, with just over £3bn transacted – a 13% drop on H1 2017.