Retail
Gleeds has led the delivery of some of the world’s most successful retail destinations and prime shopping locations. With the capability to support on schemes of huge scale and complexity, we help clients to maximise whole life value while improving the retail experience for visitors.
Retail is a dynamic and fluid industry. Gleeds develops property solutions that enable clients to respond to the rapidly changing trading environments, commercial drivers and opportunities. We’ve worked with some of the world’s best- known retailers and developers for nearly 100 years – and 80% of our work is repeat business, emphasising the strength of our long standing relationships.
Whether the project involves building a new shopping centre or breathing fresh life into a retail chain, we will add significant value to the scheme. We provide commercially-focused advice across the sector, to developers, funders, development managers and property managers.
Our consultants help to create desirable, lettable retail destinations by focusing on whole life value and responding quickly to evolving consumer trends. Extensive experience of retail development and fit-outs around the world, in particular within China and Europe, equip us to tailor our services to the individual needs of each project.
We have the resources and capabilities to deliver high profile, large scale developments. Gleeds was responsible for the successful completion of Bicester Village – the largest and most prestigious retail outlet in Europe, which features 157 boutiques across the 350,000 square foot site, alongside cafes and restaurants and a children's playground.
Diverse experience
Our expertise encompasses commercial, residential, retail, leisure and mixed-use developments. We’re also able to handle improvements to infrastructure and public realm works, and to support on asset management.
Our team has successfully delivered:
- Regeneration and refurbishment schemes
- Asset improvement works
- Large shopping centres and malls
- Extensions, remodelling and reconfiguration projects
- Major retail parks.
Driving value through sector knowledge
As a result of our experience, we’ve amassed a vast amount of retail programme, specification and cost data, and we’re able to draw on this when advising on developments. Detailed benchmarking data from completed projects across the full spectrum of retail formats enables us to create early financial models with realistic targets.
Our global retail sector forum gathers market intelligence and tracks developments and trends in the sector, an activity which includes liaising with clients to understand what influences the design and layout of facilities.
Boosting regional growth through new retail hub development
Przystanek Karkonosze retail centre
Märkisches Zentrum in Berlin
Märkisches Zentrum Berlin
From historic to modern-day marvel: Transforming Pradiareň 1900 in Slovakia’s capital
Pradiareň 1900
Reshaping Bratislava’s Skyline: Creating a bustling urban hub along the banks of the river Danube
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Retail team
Sara Boonham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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