Shopping centre owners appoint new joint leasing agent

Landsec has appointed Time Retail Partners as joint leasing agents for both of its Yorkshire shopping centres, Trinity Leeds and White Rose.

Time Retail Partners will work alongside JLL, the existing agents, for both schemes. Shelley Sandzer are the food and beverage leasing agents for Trinity Leeds. Time Retail Partners currently also act as leasing agents for Landsec with regards to Bluewater in Kent and Southside in Wandsworth.

Rob Jewell, Landsec portfolio director, said: “A crucial part of our strategy to provide outstanding experiences to our visitors involves carefully curating an exciting mix of brands for people to choose from and enjoy. Alongside our existing advisors, the expertise of Time Retail Partners will be invaluable in helping us to continue to enhance the retail mix at both Trinity Leeds and White Rose to give visitors the very best experience possible.”

Rob Wingrave, managing director, Time Retail Partners, added: “Landsec’s significant investment in providing innovative new experiences and high-quality retail environments for brands and their customers is ensuring Trinity Leeds and White Rose continue to be recognised as amongst the very best retail and leisure destinations in the UK. Trinity Leeds and White Rose are both destinations of choice for retailers and we’re excited to have the chance to utilise our expertise to attract new, exciting brands to Leeds.”

Trinity Leeds has 788,900 sq ft of retail space. The shopping centre incorporates 120 stores, restaurants and entertainment venues.

Built in 1997, White Rose is a prime retail and leisure destination south of Leeds, boasting 814,500 sq ft of new retail, restaurant and entertainment space. In 2017, Landsec completed a significant investment to provide 65,000 sq ft of new leisure, food and beverage space.