Specsavers has acquired a 3,000-sq ft store at 5 Chiswick House, Festival Place. The property has been taken on a new 10-year lease at £150,000 pa. The landlord, Axial Investment Management, was advised by Strutt & Parker and Churston Heard represented the tenant.

? Birmingham

Thorntons has taken a new 10-year lease with a break option after two years on the 486-sq ft 9 North Western Arcade. A rent of £28,500 pa was agreed. Rowley Hughes Thompson was letting agent and Churston Heard advised the tenant.

? Bolton

Greggs has taken a 10-year lease on the 1,050-sq ft Unit 19b Middlebrook retail park at £49,875 pa or £47.50 per sq ft. Landlord Orbit Developments was represented by Savills while the tenant was represented by Mason Owen & Partners.

? Boston

Poundland has taken a new 15-year lease at 6 Pescod Square from T J Morris. The commencing rent was £130,000 pa. The property provides 5,000 sq ft on ground floor and 2,650 sq ft of storage space. Poundland was represented by Jones Retail and T J Morris was represented by Nigel Bennett.

? Bracknell

Bracknell Regeneration Partnership has leased two newly renovated stores at 51 and 53 High Street. Both provide 2,657 sq ft with a 1,364-sq ft trading floor. Costa has taken 51 High Street on a 10-year lease at £50,000 pa, while Shoe Zone has taken 53 High Street on the same terms.

? Coventry

Norwich Union has leased the 3,000-sq ft Unit 1, Orchard Link to Charlie Brown on a new three-year lease at a commencing rental of £57,500 pa with three months rent free. Churston Heard was letting agent and Cushman & Wakefield advised the tenant.

? Cumbernauld

London & Regional has leased 1,609 sq ft at Unit 29A, the Antonine shopping centre to Gamestation on new 10-year lease with a break option at year five at £70,750 pax. The deal included six months rent free and a capital contribution of £35,375. Cushman & Wakefield was letting agent and Williams Gunter Hardwick advised the tenant.

? Edinburgh

Nando's has taken a 3,475 sq ft unit at Fountain Park on a new 25-year lease at £82,500 pa. Cushman & Wakefield advised the tenant.

? Edinburgh

PPG Metro 39 has leased the 700-sq ft Unit F8, Princes Mall, to Subway on a new 15- year lease at an initial rent of £32,500 pa. Culverwell and Cushman & Wakefield are joint letting agents.

? Hartlepool

PPG Metro 500 has leased 1,433 sq ft at Unit 131, East Mall in the Middleton Grange shopping centre to Grainger Games on a 10-year lease, with three months rent free and a break option at year five. The initial rental is £39,000 pax. Cushman & Wakefield is letting agent.

? inverness

Grosvenor has agreed two more lettings at the Eastgate centre. Joy is taking a 2,458-sq ft unit on a 10-year lease at £120,000 pa. And Lapis Jewellers is opening a 215-sq ft showroom on a 15-year lease at £28,000 pa. Cushman & Wakefield and SGM acted for Grosvenor, Joy was represented by Pudney Shuttleworth.

? Rugby

ING's Lionbrook Property Partnership has leased the 6,000-sq ft Unit 16, Clock Towers Centre, to Poundland on a new 10-year lease at £115,000 pax with six months rent free. The unit provides 3,500 sq ft of sales space and a 2,500-sq ft first floor. And CEX has taken the 700-sq ft 50/51 Market Mall on a new 10-year lease at £29,000 pax with a £14,500 capital contribution. The unit provides 400 sq ft of sales space with a 200-sq ft first floor. Cushman & Wakefield was letting agent.

? Shipley

Ogden Waller Developments has let Unit 1, 88 Otley Road to Travis Perkins. The building merchant, which will trade as Tile Giant, has agreed a new 10-year lease on the store totalling 3,682 sq ft and will pay an annual rent of £40,000. Savills was letting agent.

? Stafford

Glanmore Stafford has leased 2,345 sq ft at 37 Guildhall Centre to Druckers on a new five-year lease at £55,000 pa. Rowley Hughes Thompson and Markham Vaughan Gillingham were the letting agents.

? Tamworth

Vale Retail has leased Unit 33, the Ankerside Centre to Orange on a new 10-year lease at £83,500 pa with six months rent free. The unit has 1,459 sq ft of sales space and an 875 sq ft first floor. Cushman & Wakefield advised the tenant.

? Tottenham

Carphone Warehouse has become the latest retailer to take a unit on Hermes' Tottenham Hale retail park. It has taken 2,325 sq ft at £30 per sq ft on a 10-year lease. In addition, Boots has recently taken 5,350 sq ft at £35 per sq ft, Costa 1,500 sq ft at £47.50 per sq ft and Subway 800 sq ft at £45 per sq ft, all on 10-year leases. DTZ is asset manager on behalf of Hermes Real Estate.

? Walsall

Louis Group Trustees has leased Unit 2, 3/5 The Bridge to Perfect Home on a new 10-year lease at £115,000 pa. The unit provides 3,204 sq ft of ground floor sales and a 3,228-sq ft first floor. Rowley Hughes Thompson and Cushman & Wakefield were letting agents and DTZ advised the tenant.

? Walton on thames

O&H Properties has signed oriental restaurant Glo on a 25-year lease to complete the restaurant line-up at The Heart in Walton on Thames. Glo has taken Unit 6 comprising a ground floor of 1,840 sq ft and a 1,240-sq ft mezzanine plus al fresco covers. Glo is paying a rent of £53,000 pa. Shelley Sandzer was retained by O&H to let all six of the restaurant units. Lewis Craig acted for Glo.

? Wolverhampton

Windhorse Trading agreed a new five-year lease on Unit 32, the Wulfrun Centre at £43,000 pa with three months rent free. The unit provides a sales area of 1,000 sq ft with a 500-sq ft first floor. Rowley Hughes Thompson and Tromans & Co were letting agents and Cushman & Wakefield advised the tenant.

? Leith

Gamestation has taken a 10-year lease on a 2,164-sq ft unit in the Newkirkgate shopping centre at £43,500 pa. Isla Monteith, senior surveyor for Cushman & Wakefield, which represented the landlord Baronsgate Estates, said: "Gamestation is a great addition to the current strong tenant line up. We now have only one unit on the mall available, which demonstrates the popularity of the centre." Williams Gunter Hardwick acted for Gamestation.

? Livingston

Beaverbrooks the Jewellers is the latest retailer to sign up to The Elements, Land Securities' new £130m shopping centre, currently under construction and due to open in October 2008. The centre will include 30 shop units, five restaurants, two major space users and 24,000 sq ft of leisure space. Beaverbrooks has taken 1,779 sq ft at £141,259 pa. Kenney Moore acted for Beaverbrooks and Lunson Mitchenall and Culverwell are letting agents.

? WEST THURROCK

Multiyork Furniture has signed a 15-year lease at around £30 per sq ft for a unit at Land Securities' Lakeside retail park, West Thurrock. The unit comprises 7,000 sq ft on ground floor with a mezzanine of 3,500 sq ft. Multiyork will trade on the ground floor, with Feather & Black operating out of the mezzanine. Multiyork was advised by its retained agent Innes England, and Harvey Spack Field and DTZ advised Land Securities.

Basildon refurbishment leads to fresh lettings

British Land has signed a string of new lettings following its £15m refurbishment of the 757,000-sq ft Eastgate Basildon.

British Hairdressing Award winner Rush has taken 540 sq ft on a 15-year lease at £55,000 pa and will open this summer. On the Food Terrace, Nando's has taken 2,670 sq ft on a 20-year lease at £76,096 pa. Also on the Terrace, Ned's Noodle Bar has taken 1,400 sq ft at £45,000 pa, while Loofer's has taken 1,755 sq ft at £55,000 pa, both on 15-year leases.

Steve Hadfield, director at British Land, said: "We're delighted to maintain good progress with these new deals, bringing leading names to the Food Terrace and strengthening our service sector with a major hair salon. Now our extensive refurbishment is complete, we're ready to focus on specific opportunities around the scheme, where we can create value through reconfiguring space for major fashion requirements."

Churston Heard and Angermann Goddard Loyd are retail agents and Shelley Sandzer is the leisure agent. Mass & Co represented Loofer's.

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