Three key retail lettings for the North West

Three North West retail centres are celebrating key lettings today (July 24).

Property group Grosvenor has announced that German premium fashion brand, BOSS, has officially launched its new-look space on its Liverpool One retail centre in Paradise Street, following its relocation and significant upsize announcement last year.

Manchester Arndale has revealed that the UK’s largest Asian supermarket chain, Oseyo, has selected the centre for its latest location in the city after signing a 15-year lease for a 12,580 sq ft unit.

And Superdrug has opened its doors to a brand new 8,095 s ft store in Manchester’s Trafford Centre, creating 20 permanent and temporary jobs.

The BOSS relocation in Liverpool, one of its best performing locations, signals a 130% upsize in the total trading area.

Designed by the brand’s in-house team, the new Liverpool One store delivers on the brand’s commitment to quality, design and adaptability, showcasing BOSS’s renowned menswear and womenswear collections, alongside seasonal capsule collections, and offers customers a bespoke made-to-measure service, personal styling appointments and click and collect facilities.

BOSS’s new space joins a selection of premium labels and leading international brands on Paradise Street, including Charlotte Tilbury and GOLDSMITHS.

Rob Deacon, senior asset manager, Grosvenor, said: “BOSS’s considerable upsize is another great endorsement of Liverpool One’s position as one of Europe’s leading retail and entertainment destinations. We are proud to welcome the brand’s new elevated store and to continue to home one of BOSS’s best-performing locations in its portfolio, further enhancing Liverpool One’s line up of leading international brands alongside local independents.”

Metis and CBRE acted for Liverpool One. CBRE acted for HUGO BOSS.

Manchester Arndale is the second opening in Manchester for Oseyo, which already has a shop on Oxord Road.

It will offer a wide variety of groceries and products, from snacks and sauces to fresh produce and authentic ingredients. ‘Oseyo’, which means ‘Welcome’ in Korean, is the message at the very core of the brand, catering to both the Korean community and those eager to explore new culinary experiences.

Plans for Oseyo

The arrival of Oseyo continues a strong run of lettings to major global brands including Moss, Gilly Hicks, Nike, Manchester City, Clarks, Flying Tiger, MINISO, Tommy Hilfiger, Kick Game and Kurt Geiger. The store will also prove a welcome addition to the centre’s thriving food and beverage offer, which includes recent arrivals Black Sheep Coffee, Krispy Kreme, and Slim Chickens.

Steve Gray, head of European Retail Asset Management at Global Mutual, said: “We place great importance on creating a mix that caters to the city’s diverse taste and we are certain Oseyo will fit the bill. With such exciting leasing activity taking place it’s clear there is continued demand for well placed retail units. We hope to share more exciting news soon.”

Isaac Kweon, operations coordinator at Oseyo, said: “Our new store in Manchester Arndale is our largest and most ambitious project so far in our journey, and we are excited to bring to the people of Manchester a truly global and refined shopping experience. With an ever growing range of exclusive products which we directly produce or import with partner brands in Korea, we aim to provide for our customers a unique experience found nowhere else.”

M&G Real Estate and Global Mutual act as joint asset managers of Manchester Arndale. Metis Real Estate and Time Retail Partners are Manchester Arndale’s retained letting agents, while Whitby Smith serves as the retained property advisor for Oseyo’s UK portfolio.

TV personality and influencer, Charlotte Dawson, made a special appearance to officially open the doors and celebrate Superdrug’s opening in the Trafford Centre.

Charlotte Dawson

She said: “I’m a huge beauty fan and Superdrug is somewhere I’ve shopped all my life. The fact that it’s now the biggest in the North West is amazing.”

The new store will feature a Beauty Studio area, where customers can access professional treatments, as well as an extensive fragrance counter. Within Beauty Studio, customers will have access to two nail bars, as well as eyebrow threading and piercing services.

Nigel Duxbury, property director at Superdrug, said “We are so pleased to be announcing the opening of our brand new Trafford Centre store. With a wide range of popular health and beauty brands, a luxury fragrance counter, and a professional Beauty Studio, we’re confident that our customers will love and welcome the new store.”

Simon Layton, centre director at Trafford Centre, said: “Superdrug is a much loved high street giant and extremely popular with our customers. We’re sure visitors will be impressed by the stunning, new look store.”