Pandora boost to Merthyr High Street

Fast growing Danish jewellery retailer open in time for Christmas

12 October 2015

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Cooke & Arkwright’s Retail Agency team has let a unit to fast-growing Danish jewellery retailer Pandora, in a prime section of High Street in Merthyr Tydfil. The high profile letting to Pandora franchisee, David Christopher Ltd, has seen the concept store providing a welcome boost to the town since it opened at the end of October.

Ben Davies, surveyor within the Retail Department comments, “This new high quality store will help to lift to the town centre retail offering and is a vote of confidence in the town from a retailer who has been successful in identifying locations with growth potential. Merthyr Tydfil has traditionally faced out-of-town competition from Cyfarthfa Retail Park, but is undergoing various regeneration works including plans for a new transport hub and the restoration of the Grade II listed YMCA building to bring it back into commercial use. The unit is in a pedestrianised area close to Beacons Place and St Tydfil Shopping Centre, with occupiers in close proximity including EE, HSBC, Barclays Bank, O2 and Poundworld.”

Cooke & Arkwright’s Building Surveying department carryied out the agreed landlord works prior to opening.

Cardiff Waterside is a significant property holding for Aviva Investors at almost 500,000 sq ft. Our experiences show the benefit of working with a regional specialist where occupational markets can be unlocked with a good team with excellent local contacts. Ben Bolton and his team have done this for us for many years and been fundamental to our success and a very low void rate in Cardiff.

Matthew Leach, Arriva Capital Waterside