Retail
Lichfield offers perfect presents for the future
Historic Lichfield City is a haven for lovers of independent, unique shopping experiences, with a huge range of hospitality businesses to help ease the strain of shopping as well as a range of visitor attractions to distract and delight. Simply visit
www.visitlichfield.co.uk for a look at what we have to offer. It is a compact city centre that
is easy to navigate and a range of car parks located close to our shops and attractions. Our visitors always remark on what a delightful experience it is to be able to shop in such a well looked after city that is delight on the eye, provoking comparisons to Chester and York. Leading in to and from our
historic quarter, our current shopping centre, Three Spires, is able to support our larger retailers such as Debenhams and Marks & Spencer’s Food, as well as independent retailers, providing a traffic-free shopping environment.
Artist’s impression of Friarsgate
Retail Therapy
By David Tomalin Lichfield BID manager
Lichfield is also looking to the
future and approval for a new mixed use development in May 2016 was granted in the shape of Friarsgate, which is expected to bring up to ten food and drink establishments, 25 shops, 82 apartments and 11 townhouses to the city centre. The new plans for Friarsgate
will create a seamless link into Three Spires Shopping Centre.
The combination of leisure and
retail is expected to increase the shopping turnover from £55m to £107m by 2022 and is forecast to create 600 new full-time jobs. The development will also
enhance transport connectivity to Lichfield, delivering a new bus station as well as 500 safe and accessible car parking spaces. We look forward to welcoming you to Lichfield soon.
Sector Focus
Neptune moves to Edgbaston
Neptune, a leading British interiors and lifestyle brand, have confirmed the opening of a new store in Edgbaston. Set to start trading in autumn
2017, the Neptune store will be located in a newly refurbished property next door to OKA at 16 to 18 Harborne Road, offering timeless, beautifully-made, solid timber kitchen designs, furniture collections, lighting and interior decorations. Established in 1996 at a farm
workshop in Wiltshire, the company has gone on to increase its number of retail outlets to 20. Tim Buxton, head of property at Neptune, said: “Over the years Neptune has become well known for occupying distinctive properties that create a ‘home from home’ experience for customers. “Calthorpe Estates’ sympathetic
refurbishment of the Edwardian period building we have selected makes the property the perfect addition to our current portfolio.” The new lease is indicative of the
quality of retailers Calthorpe Estates is bringing to its Edgbaston Village development, signalling a new era of leisure and lifestyle services situated in a vibrant area.
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