Lettings latest: New tenants at Southport centre; Bruntwood lets Cotton Exchange
SOUTHPORT’s Marble Place Shopping Centre has secured two new tenants.
Costume and fashion jeweller, Aura Fashion, and TDF, a bistro, have been signed up by King Sturge, acting for the London-based landlord Wigmore Retail.
Aura Fashion, which has taken the 1,800 sq ft Unit 16 at a rent of £25,000, replaces Diamonds and Pearls which went into administration earlier this year.
The café bistro, a locally-owned start-up enterprise, has taken 850 sq ft at a £28,000 annual rent.
Two other retailers, hairdresser Hair Express and soft furnishings outlet, Textiles Direct, have extended their leases.
The 75,000 sq ft shopping centre, which opened in 1992, has 24 units, ranging from 300 sq ft to 20,000 sq ft. Other tenants include TK Maxx, Specsavers, 3G, Bodyshop and Bay Trading.
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Manchester-based Bruntwood has secured six new lettings comprising 12,760 sq ft of space in the Grade II-listed Cotton Exchange building on Bixteth Street in Liverpool city centre.
The firm has let 8,570 sq ft of space on a ten-year lease to Synapse Learning and 1,350 sq ft to ESM Design on a three-year lease.
Shipping company Anjon Freight Services has taken 1,100 sq ft, Catherine Higgins Law has let 650 sq ft, debt management firm Madison Account Control has taken 670 sq ft and Lindner Schmidlin Facades Ltd has taken 420 sq ft.
Bruntwood’s head of sales, Colin Forshaw said: “We’ve secured ten new lettings at the Cotton Exchange so far this year. It’s testament to the building’s value and quality and enforces our position as a market leader in Liverpool.”
