The Bridges Shopping Centre, Sunderland

The 515,000 sq ft Bridges Shopping Centre, Sunderland is one of the North of England’s principal sub regional shopping centres with over 100 shops, 1300 car parking spaces and a 107,000 sq ft Debenhams Department Store. The scheme was extended in 2000 by the addition of a further 265,000 sq ft of which 95% was pre-let to the date of opening introducing new tenants or larger stores for existing tenants such as H & M, Next, Superdrug, Republic, New Look, T K Maxx, Beaverbrooks, Ottakers, HMV, complementing the existing tenant mix which includes Boots the Chemist, Etam, Clarks, Goldsmiths, Mark One, Tesco Metro, Clinton Cards and Wallis.

Fawley Watson Booth have acted for Land Securities since 1995 and provided development and letting advice in connection with the Shopping Centre extension.

We advise on all lettings, asset management, rent reviews, landlord and tenant matters and have been involved in the purchase of adjacent ownerships which have included the redevelopment of the 16 to 34 Market Place where lettings were agreed with KFC, Poundland, Noble Organisation, W H Smith, Ponden Mill and The Woolwich Building Society and 12/18 Crowtree Road where an 18,000 sq ft store was pre-let to New Look.

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