Loving Outlet Shopping - Value Retail News

lEaSING
LEASiNG ACTiViTY
n McArthurGlen’s seven U.K.
designer villages have signed 24
new brands totaling 155,000 m 2
of GLA in the past 12 months.
The 24 new brands include
David Clulow, Columbia
Sportswear (its first UK outlet
store), Dyrberg/Kern, Elle
Macpherson Intimates, Fossil,
Gieves & Hawkes, G-Star,
Henleys, Jesiré, Links of
London, Musto, Nicole Fahri,
Original Penguin and Osprey
London. And in May the Italian
denim brand Replay opened a
1,843-sf unit at York Designer
Outlet. Existing brands expanding
into other McArthurGlen
UK centers include Tula, now
at all seven centers. Lacoste,
which opened its first unit at
Cheshire Oaks, has opened a
second at Ashford Designer
Outlet. T.M. Lewin opened its
The first Ferrari Factory Store opened in June at Henderson Global Investors’ Serravalle
Designer Outlet near Milan. The Italian center is owned by Henderson’s European
Outlet Mall Fund and developed and now managed by McArthurGlen. The 370-m 2 store
was designed by Studio Iosa Ghini, in association with Advanced Retail Project, a specialist
in luxury retail design. The eye-catching store is alongside one of the main entrances
to the 38,000-m 2 scheme. The design features a glass roof that curves over to become the
sweeping façade. Inside, two replica Formula 1 pit lanes recreate the atmosphere associated
with grand prix racing and Ferrari automobiles. The store offers a full range of Ferrari
fashion and accessories, including menswear, womenswear and childrenswear. The
retail space will be divided into a fan zone, a luxury zone and a children’s zone.
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fourth unit at Swindon Designer
Outlet, with existing
units at Ashford, Bridgend and
Cheshire Oaks.
n This summer Value Retail
signed a number of new tenants
at its centers. Cath Kidston,
CK Underwear, David Clulow,
Desigual, Jack Wills, Jaeger,
Samsonite, The North Face
and Anya Hindmarch have
joined Kildare Village near
Dublin. New tenants at Bicester
Village include Vivienne
Westwood, Bulgari, La Perla
and Amanda Wakely. These
openings follow the recent arrivals
at Bicester of Luella, Pal
Zileri, Radley, D&G, Dolce
& Gabbana, DVF, Elizabeth
Hurley, Gerard Darel, Marni,
Theory and Joseph. Bringing
Ingolstadt Village to more
than 100 brands are new ten-
ants Gant, Converse, Ecco,
Closed, Bench, Piquadro,
Brax, Columbia, Foot Locker,
Kiki, Clarks, Camel Active,
Tom Tailor, Vans, The North
Face, Salomon, Levi’s, Fossil,
Stefano’s, Dockers, Jacques
Britt, Seidensticker, Theory
and Helmut Lang. Also in Germany,
Furla, Salewa, Schumacher,
Think Pink, Triumph
and ZZ Hannes Roether have
joined Wertheim Village,
which is in the Frankfurt market.
n New brands joining Stable
International’s 277,446-sf
Batavia Stad Fashion Outlet
Shopping in the Netherlands
include Calvin Klein, Fossil,
Miss Sixty and Converse. In
the coming months Claudia
Sträter, Peak Performance
and Marlboro Classics Women
will also open at the eightyear-old
center. Batavia Stad
added 6,000-m 2 of GLA this
year.
n Land Securities has signed
new tenants at The Galleria,
Hatfield: Bedeck, Denby, I-
Centre, Laura Ashley, French
Connection and a 7,500-sf
Gap. Jaeger was to open a new
outlet in September, and Gant
UK has recently taken over their
franchisee’s store.
n Tom Tailor opened its first
dedicated kids store in the UK
at Cusp’s Junction One international
shopping center in
Antrim. Pottery company Denby
has also opened its first Irish
outlet store, a 1,354-sf unit, at
Junction One. The Golf Outlet
recently opened a 1,776-sf
store in the outlet center.
n Filea Spa’s 263,700-sf
Mondovicino Factory Outlet
near Turin, Italy, recently signed
three new tenants: Kathy van
Zeeland, Arcolaio and Brooks
Brothers.
n Fashion House Gdansk has
signed a new lease agreement
with Triumph International.