Meadowhall signs raft of new tenants

  Meadowhall in Sheffield has secured a raft of new deals in the run-up to Christmas.   Fashion brand Firetrap has agreed a 10-year lease on a 3,500 sq ft shop, women’s fashion retailer Lipsy has taken a 10-year lease on a 2,300 sq ft store, chocolate brand Hotel Chocolat will trade out of 720 sq ft on a five-year lease and jewellery retailer Pandora has taken 500 sq ft on a 15-year lease.   Sports retailer JD Sports has nearly doubled its space by moving into a new 10,000 sq ft store on a 20-year lease and Bank, the sister company of JD Sport, is relocating to the former 6,500 sq ft JD Sports shop on a 15-year lease.   Handmade Burger Kitchen is opening a 2,800 sq ft restaurant on a 15-year lease adjacent to the 11-screen Vue cinema. Mexican chain Chilango is joining HBK in the shopping centre’s Oasis with a 3,500 sq ft restaurant on a 10-year lease next to Zizzi and Frankie and Benny’s.   Marion Dillon, senior asset manager at British Land, said on behalf of the joint owners, British Land and London and Stamford: “This latest combination of new brands and significant upsizes from existing occupiers underlines the industry’s confidence in Meadowhall’s position as the dominant retail location in the Yorkshire region.”   Smith Young Partnership and CBRE advise BL and London and Stamford; CBRE advised Lipsy; Briant Champion Long advised Hotel Chocolat; Burley Brown advised HBK; and Montagu Evans advised Chilango.   annabel.dixon@rbi.co.uk