At the beginning of 2021, AEW Investment Management purchased the Chelmsford Debenhams site for £4.8 million. At the time AEW bought the unit, plans to turn the site into either leisure, office or residential space was considered.
What’s happening to the old Debenhams stores?
The site of the former Debenhams department store on Victoria Street is currently being redeveloped as the city’s first purpose-built rental development. Debenhams moved out of the Becketwell area of Derby in 2007 and its demolition began in 2020 as part of a wider £200million regeneration scheme.
What shop has replaced Debenhams at Lakeside?
The new M&S store will be the unit where Debenhams previously was, and will look to open in 2023. Nick Pucci, regional manager at M&S, said: “We are really excited to be relocating to a new store at Lakeside.
What replaced Debenhams?
Frasers will be taking up the city shopping centre’s biggest unit previously occupied by Debenhams for more than a decade before it closed in May, last year, to the sadness of many shoppers.
Do Debenhams stores still exist?
Nearly 90% of former Debenhams stores remain empty almost a year after the department store closed its doors for the last time, in a sign of the challenge to reinvent high streets across the country.
What is replacing Debenhams in Chelmsford?
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Who will take over Debenhams stores?
Flannels and Sports Direct are set to open two new flagship stores in the Metrocentre. The brands, which belong to former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley, will take over the huge store that was once home to Debenhams.
What is replacing Debenhams in Bullring?
In November last year, it was announced that the top floor of the former Debenhams site would become a Toca Social interactive football bar‘. Customers will be able to play various games by kicking balls against digital targets.
What has replaced Debenhams in Blanchardstown?
Flannels, which is part of Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, will occupy the ground floor of the former Debenhams unit. At 45,000sq ft, the space will be the larger of the two outlets committed to by the retailer in the Irish market to date.
Can you still buy Lakeside vouchers?
Cards can be purchased at ProCook Monday to Friday. Our Gift Cards expire after 12 months of purchase. *Up to a maximum of £500, though special cases and corporate enquiries can be authorised by prior arrangement. * From January 2022, Etto Caffe are unable to accept the Lakeside Village gift cards.
What store does not exist anymore?
Department stores like Bon-Ton and Ames, bookstores like Waldenbooks and Borders, and clothing stores like Wet Seal and Limited Too are among the many stores that have permanently shut their doors.
What stores don’t exist anymore UK?
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- R & J Templeton.
- Rackhams.
- Raunds Co-operative Society.
- Republic (retailer)
- Ricemans.
- Richard Jones (department store)
- Richard Shops.
- Robert Sayle.
Is Debenhams still at Merry Hill?
The Merry Hill department store closed its doors for the final time on May 15, 2021. The huge store was the final Black Country Debenhams to close its doors, closing on the same date as the huge Bullring shop of the same name. And the two-floor store has remained empty ever since – with the shutters completely down.
Are there any Debenhams stores still open in the UK?
However, Debenhams has made a comeback. A store has just opened in Manchester’s Arndale centre.
Are any Debenhams stores reopening?
DEBENHAMS is set to reopen another 14 stores from next week as it continues to welcome back customers. It follows the successful reopening of 92 shops in England and Northern Ireland after the coronavirus shutdown. The latest batch of Debenhams store openings are made up of locations in Wales and Scotland.
Is Debenhams coming back to high street?
Debenhams has returned to the high street under new owners Boohoo with a beauty store at Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre.
Who is taking over Debenhams Chelmsford?
AEW buys Chelmsford Debenhams for redevelopment | EG News.
What is faces Chelmsford going to be?
Instead of reopening as a nightclub, Faces will become a brand new ‘Pan Pacific’ restaurant called Pavilion Lounge & Restaurant.
Is Chelmsford up and coming?
Chelmsford is a small city that’s benefitted from a booming economy and a boom in population, in recent decades. And it has exciting plans to become even bigger in the future. That makes Chelmsford a really up and coming city that property investors ought to be excited by.
What will replace Debenhams Merry Hill?
Bosses at Merry Hill say there is no update on what could replace Debenhams at the Black Country shopping centre. It is a huge space that has remained empty since Debenhams closed for good last year. The department store closed for the final time on May 15, 2021. And the two-floor store has remained empty ever since.
Who is moving into Debenhams Metrocentre?
Frasers Group owned Flannels and Sports Direct have taken new flagship stores at the Metrocentre shopping destination in Gateshead, set to open in 2023. Parent company SportsDirect.com Retail Limited has taken the former Debenhams store in the centre’s Red Mall for the two brands.