Retail Schemes located in Essex

Last two remaining prime retail opportunity available following the redevelopment of a landmark building. The Harvey Centre, Harlow, dominates the town centre and has a strong tenant line up including a host of national retailers including Iceland, Primark, Tesco, Wilko’s, Deichmann Shoes and The Entertainer, with Cineworld at the first floor. Currently, the 530,000 Sq.ft shopping centre benefits from an annual footfall of circa 9 million with 800 car parking spaces. Harlow is located 26 miles north east of Central London in the county of Essex with excellent train links from Liverpool Street with direct trains taking 30 minutes.

Braintree Shopping & Leisure Park provides 200,000 sq ft of prime retail and leisure space. Recent lettings include tenants such as TK Maxx, Carpetright, and Las Iguanas, which all add to the broad tenant mix. A planning application has been submitted to extend the current Next unit to the new Next Home format store, providing an anchor store of 50,000 sq ft GIA. Planning permission has been obtained for a new 55,000 sq ft B&Q store on a nearby site, allowing for a subdivision of their current 37,000 sq ft unit at Braintree Shopping Park. The initiative will provide units from 10,000-20,000 sq ft of open A1 retail space (plus mezzanine).

The combination of this open air shopping environment, riverside restaurants, cinema and public space will ensure that Bond Street complements the heritage of Chelmsford, whilst creating a fresh and contemporary retail offer that attracts aspirational brands currently under-represented in the city.

Existing occupiers include Argos Extra, Wilko, JD Sports, Hobbycraft, TUI, Home Bargains, easyGym, Laura Ashley and Dreams.

The Centre is the primary shopping venue in the heart of Wickford High Street, providing a number of national retailers including Boots, Superdrug, Peacocks, HSBC and New Look and many specialist local traders offering services such as a café, butchers and a tanning and nail bar.

Prominent retail park of 75,000 sq ft, tenants include Aldi, Home Bargains, Shoezone, PureGym, Card Factory, Sports Direct and Next. Phase 2 is Under Offer to Travelodge and Greggs.

Sir Isaac’s Walk is a historic and specialist retailing location linking Colchester’s two shopping centres, Culver Square and Lion Walk. Sir Isaac’s Walk is home to a unique mixture of aspirational and quality independent retailers such as Karen Millen, Animal and Lush which creates a vibrant retailing environment. The available units are directly adjacent to Culver Square, which has recently improved its fashion content with the introduction of a 34,500 sq ft H&M.

Granite Retail Park will be located on Thaxted Road (B184) to the east of the town centre. The land immediately behind is currently allocated in the draft Uttlesford Local Plan for a minimum of 800 homes and therefore the main residential growth area for the town.

A major new shopping centre for West Colchester offering from 5,000 sq ft to 7,523 sq ft of open A1 retail space. Phase 1 of Stanway Retail Park comprises a successful East of England Co-op foodstore of approximately 25,000 sq ft with fully let offices above. Phase 2 enhances these shopping facilities and provides a major new local shopping centre to serve west Colchester. The scheme benefits from 390 car parking spaces and there is also a petrol filling station on site.

The property was previously used for the sale and fitting of tyres with a subsequent consent granted for sale and display of motor cycles. The ground floor is a warehouse/workshop style with a trade counter/ customer enterance, WC and roller shutter door. The car parking is immediately to the front of the unit.

The property provides a purpose built retail warehouse building currently divided into four units. There is a dedicated customer access and egress from Old Road to the north of the separate access and egress point for service vehicles. Morrisons occupies a large food superstore which lies immediately adjacent to the subject ownership, with shared customer parking in front of the units. The scheme has 534 customer car parking spaces shares with Morrisons which equates to a very good overall ratio to gross internal floorspace of 1,137 sq ft.

Haverhill Retail Park is a new build scheme comprising approximately 52,000 sq ft of retail accommodation, configured to provide a Lidl food store with an accompanying retail terrace occupied by Home Bargains and Pets at Home. Availability consists of a prominent end of terrace unit of approximately 6,000 sq ft with planning consent for a 3,000 sq ft mezzanine. The unit is immediately available and is constructed to a shell specification including shop front.

A large B&Q Warehouse of 101,230 sq ft complete with Garden Centre.

Outline planning consent has been granted for approximately 95,000 sq ft of ground floor retail. In addition the consent provides for trading mezzanines to approximately 90% cover. This incorporates open A1 non food including 10,000 sq ft food (net sales) and 10,000 sq ft A3. The scheme will provide for 366 free car parking spaces providing a ratio of 1:260.

The property is a solus DIY unit. Access and egress is via Cuton Hall Lane. Nearby retailers include B&Q and Topps Tiles.

The 52,000 sq ft Shopping Centre is anchored by a 40,000 sq ft Tesco and has 25 unit shops. The Centre is served by an adjoining 370 space car park which is free to Grove Shopping Centre customers.

Vineyard Gate will be a 150,000 sq ft contemporary shopping development that will be fully integrated with the town centre. It will include modern units for national retailers looking to locate in Colchester.

Pets at Home, Store Twenty One, Farmfoods, McDonalds, KFC, next to Lidl.

The scheme forms part of the Rayleigh Weir retail cluster which is dominated by the J Sainsbury and Homebase stores. Units have been let to Argos Extra, Carpetright and Smyths Toys.