The high street is evolving…
- A former restaurant building will soon be a church;
- An ex-pharmacy is being repurposed for a restaurant;
- The home of a landmark department store is now an hotel;
- The space that was once occupied by a national retailer has been split into three and now hosts a group of indies.
But there’s also…
- A famous international brand opening up in this city shopping centre;
…and a retail name (see lead image) that we thought was gone, is back (in 32 locations – so far…?).
Just a small sample, from one location on a single out & about day, but we could point you to similar from town and city centres we’re working with on tackling vacancy up and down the country – including a flurry of indie openings now comfortably into double figures so early in the ‘26 lettings season.
Yes it’s challenging, for sure there’s much to do. Places are moving forward at different paces. But it must be giving those still defaulting to the “struggling”, “death of…” narrative a reason or two to rethink…?
Or is it just me…? What do you think…
