How does our Retail Project Management team help retailers progress from heads of terms to open for trading? Here's a snapshot of our Building Consultancy work at some of the UK's largest shopping centres...
Trafford Centre, Manchester
3rd largest UK shopping centre (1.9 million sq. ft)
Client: Pradera Lateral
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £37.5m
Case study: Foot Asylum is set to upsize its current store by 100%, opening a new 13,000 sq. ft store in May 2026 as part of a wider £1.2m project.
Bullring & Grand Central, Birmingham
6th largest UK shopping centre (1.7 million sq. ft)
Client: Hammerson
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £22m
Case study: Uniqlo opened a 11,840 sq. ft store at Birmingham’s Bullring on 16 October 2025, as its UK store expansion plan gathers pace.
Lakeside, Thurrock
7th largest UK shopping centre (1.6 million sq. ft)
Client: Pradera Lateral
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £35m
Case study: A new 83,000 sq. ft. Next flagship store opened at Lakeside Shopping Centre (Thurrock) in July 2025 at an estimated project value of £4m.
Centre:MK, Milton Keynes
11th largest UK shopping centre (1.4 million sq. ft)
Client: Hermes / RLAM
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £6m
Case study: Mint Velvet opened a new 2,800 sq. ft boutique in Centre:MK in autumn 2024, at an estimated project value of more than £500,000.
Harlequin, Watford
12th largest UK shopping centre (1.3 million sq. ft)
Client: Pradera Lateral
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £41.5m
Case study: JD Sports reopened in May 2025, with a new store at 33,000 sq. ft – roughly double its previous size. Harlequin Watford recorded highest-ever footfall in 2025, welcoming 17.2m visitors, with growth of 1.6%.
Eldon Square, Newcastle
16th largest UK shopping centre (1.2 million sq. ft)
Client: Pradera Lateral
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £25m
Case study: Freight Island is opening a 60,000 sq. ft entertainment venue in Eldon Square in late 2026. The £16m development will transform the upper floors and rooftop of the former Debenhams.
Cabot Circus, Bristol
19th largest UK shopping centre (1.1 million sq. ft)
Client: Hammerson
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £8.5m
Case study: Odeon opened its 45,000sq. ft, eight-screen cinema at Cabot Circus in Bristol city centre in February 2026, featuring IMAX and LUXE Suites, as part of a wider £2.5m project.
Braehead, Glasgow
20th largest UK shopping centre (1.05 million sq. ft)
Client: Frasers Group plc (formerly SGS)
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £2m
Case study: TK Maxx opened a new 27,000 sq ft store at the Braehead Shopping Centre in Glasgow in late 2023, on a 15-year lease, at an estimated project value of £1.1m.
Silverburn, Glasgow
23rd largest UK shopping centre (1 million sq. ft)
Client: Eurofund / Henderson Park
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £5.5m
Case study: Zara opened a new 47,000 sq. ft store over two floors in Silverburn in 2025, at an estimated project value of £800,000. Silverburn, under Workman Property Management, attracts over 15 million visitors per year.
Highcross, Leicester
24th largest UK shopping centre (1 million sq. ft)
Client: NewRiver REIT
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £13.5m
Case study: At Highcross Leicester, Mango opened a 8,300 sq. ft store in April 2025 at an estimated project value of £470,000.
Victoria Centre, Nottingham
32nd largest UK shopping centre (980,000 sq. ft)
Client: Pradera Lateral
Case study: H&M opened a new 28,000 sq. ft store in Nottingham’s Victoria Centre in 2024, featuring both fashion and H&M Home.
Brent Cross, London
33rd largest UK shopping centre (900,000 sq. ft)
Client: Hammerson
Value of live & delivered projects over past two years: £5m
Case study: In a £10.5m project, the former House of Fraser department store was split into new units: a Hollywood Bowl leisure venue, a TK Maxx store, a larger Zara store, and a new Apple store, plus a mall refurb.
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