Retail Property News and Deals

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Preston - Animate Leisure Development Site

3/10/2025
Animate is a new 3 storey, 160,000 sq.ft. leisure attraction adjacent to the Victorian Market in Preston City Centre. It opened in February 2025 and is anchored by Arc, an 8 screen deluxe cinema, and 16 lane Hollywood Bowl. An elevated south facing restaurant terrace hosts Loungers, Ask Italian, Taco Bell, Las Iguanas and Made Giant Food Hall. Cosmo will trade from a 400 capacity buffet restaurant to the upper level. A 160 space customer car park is located to the ground floor.
 
John is now seeking a tenant for the competitive socialising unit. This 10,140sq. ft. box has floor to ceiling glazing giving views over the city skyline with 7m floor to soffit clearance. Cllr Matthew Brown, leader of Preston City Council, said: “This leisure development will reinforce the Harris Quarter as a premier cultural and leisure destination in Lancashire and will help our City Centre to thrive as well as promoting an inclusive economy with the development in the ownership of the City when complete.”
 
Bradys Chartered Surveyors are advising on the scheme.

Mowgli opens in former Barclays bank , King Street Knutsford

7/19/2024
John Brady is pleased to of completed the letting of the former Barclays Bank at 85 King Street Knutsford to Mowgili, the iconic small plates Indian food restaurant chain.
The bank was offered to let in March 2021 alongside indicative remodelling plans and the bank contained mainly structural walls including vaiults which made it compartmentalised. Many restaurants showed interest however the property owners felt Mowgli was the ideal fit for the unit. An extensive redesign was agreed with Mowgli and the landlords spent over £100,000 opening up the interior prior to Mowgli underatking their shopfit which cost in excess of £700,000 . The restaurant opened in July 2024 to great acclaim and is fully booked for months to come.

NEW STORE LAUNCH!

11/4/2019
Our Clients, the Co-Op, launched their new store at Middlewood Locks in Salford with a retail area of 2,896 sq.ft. and a Back of House of 1,273 sq.ft.  Their new store is based in a prime location situated in the heart of the Middlewood Locks development.  Their new store will serve a large community living in the apartments above and builders developing the area.

Assignment of La Vina Restaurant - Liverpool

9/11/2019
Casual Dining Group, represented by Bradys, have assigned their lease of La Vina in Liverpool to Six by Nico for an undisclosed positive premium.
 
The premises provide ground floor sales of 3,616 sq.ft. (336 sq.m.) plus basement of 586 sq.ft. (54.4 sq.m.) and are held on a lease expiring February 2031 at a rent of £80,000 per annum.
 
This will be the 5th restaurant opened by Six by Nico who were represented by Hynes Illingworth.

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - 34/40 Grey Street

8/15/2018
Casual Dining Group have completed an assignment of the former Café Rouge at 34/40 Grey Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to LFR Leisure Limited trading as Pizza Punks.
 
The premises are held on a 15 year lease from January 2013 at a rent of £80,000 per annum and comprises 2,220 sq.ft. ground floor and 1,600 sq.ft. at basement level.
 
This is the 3rd Pizza Punks outlet following the success of their restaurants in Belfast and Glasgow.
 
The Assignors were represented by Bradys and AT Retail.

LIVERPOOL - Unit 11-15, The Met Quarter

4/13/2018
Bradys, acting on behalf of Kids Cavern Limited, have acquired Unit 11/15, The Met Quarter, Liverpool which extends to 15,212 sq.ft.  The premises have been taken by way of a 10 year lease.  
 
The Landlord, Metquarter Investments (Liverpool) Ltd were represented by Queensbury Real Estate

Ormskirk - New Lease to Loungers

4/4/2018
Bradys have let 22/24 Moor Street, Ormskirk, to Loungers on behalf of a private Landlord. 
 
The newly converted bar/restaurant, which trades as Nordico Lounge, comprises 2,200 sq.ft. (204 sq.m.) to both ground and first floors, has been taken on a new 15 year lease, subject to 5 year rent reviews at £57,500 per annum.
 
Insight Retail represented the Tenant.

Bradys were recognised by the Estates Gazette

2/3/2012
Bradys were recognised by the Estates Gazette as being amongst the top three most active Retail Agents in the North West Region during 2013. The ranking was produced by monitoring the transactional activity undertaken by each Practice in the Retail Sector during the course of the year.