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shopping for the future delivering retail regeneration |
Shopping is a social activity. While the Internet provides a much better service than traditional mail order, it will never supplant people’s desire to go shopping. People like to see, feel, touch and try on the latest fashions, perhaps meet their friends and take time out to relax over coffee or a snack. In recent years, town and city centres have begun to reflect this more leisure-orientated approach to shopping. But not all centres provide for their population’s needs and quite often shoppers are drawn elsewhere by larger competing centres. At Centros, we believe that to deliver successful retail regeneration it is important to integrate the existing retail |
with the right mix of new shopping, open space and places to meet, eat
and drink. That is why all our developments feature open shopping streets and a vibrant mix of fashion and household shops with restaurants and cafés. We also believe that local independent and regional retailers provide unique attractions and variety, so we design in affordable units for them at the outset. Getting it right makes shopping a sustainable activity too, as shoppers are less likely to travel long distances to other centres if we give them what they want in their home town. |