Durham, Arnison Shopping Park
- 335,000 sq ft retail park with 31 units and parking for 1,300 cars
- Anchored by Sainsburys, M&S and Next
- Annual car visits in excess of 3.75 million
Business Plan & Achievements
Responsible for the transformation of a traditional bulky goods park into a fashion led retail destination.
M&S – Redevelopment undertaken to create a flagship 60,000 sq ft variety store. Nike was introduced to the park in the former Simply Food unit.
Casual Dining – Following its relocation within the park, refurbishment of a 7,900 sq ft former Pets at Home unit into food/café units including Costa and Subway.
EPark Enhancements – Initiatives have been undertaken across the park which include upgrading frontages, remodelling the car park to increase capacity and introducing dedicated staff parking.
Homebase – Redevelopment of the former Homebase store to create a Next flagship and modern units for River Island, New Look and JD.
Other occupiers include Superdrug, Boots, Mountain Warehouse, Asda Living, Pets At Home, Halfords, Wilko, Smyths Toys, Specsavers, Card Factory, Greggs, The Works and Poundland.
Recent lettings include the first retail park unit for Boyes, Pure Gym, Tapi, CEX and Vets for Pets.
Over the period of instruction, the developments, refurbishments and enhancement initiatives at a cost of c£20m have achieved a NOI increase in excess of £2m pax.