Following Arcadia’s CVA last year, Ediston, on behalf of the Ediston Property Investment Company plc has exercised its option to break the lease to Arcadia. Ediston considered that the rent set under the CVA was below market, so took the opportunity to exercise the break clause. The 13,202 sq. ft. unit will be split in two, and 6,792 sq. ft. has been pre-let to JD Sports and there is good tenant interest in the remaining 6,006 sq. ft. unit.
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Ediston, on behalf of its listed REIT, the Ediston Property Investment Company plc, has signed a lease on unit B, Barnsley East Retail Park, with B&M Retail Limited (‘B&M’). The new letting has increased B&M’s occupation on the park by 40%.
B&M occupy the adjoining unit A which extends to c. 25,000 sq. ft. on a lease expiring in September 2027. Unit B, which extends to c. 10,000 sq. ft., was previously occupied by Carpetright, who completed a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in 2018. Under the terms of the CVA Ediston was able to secure vacant possession of the unit to facilitate the new letting.
B&M has signed a lease on unit B and will trade from both units as
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The casualty list of retailers and restaurant chains grows ever longer, casting a deep shadow over the retail property market. Blame is apportioned between internet shopping, business rates, overexpansion, rising costs, faltering demand and, inevitably, Brexit. But Calum Bruce, a director of Ediston Real Estate, adds some other factors.
Many of the property leases now causing pain were signed before the financial crisis, with upwards-only rent reviews at a time when ample credit encouraged both overexpansion and excess consumer spending, he points out. As a result “60% of the market is over-rented; retailers have simply overpaid”. Those who are struggling have failed to adapt to changing markets.
Others worry
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