Three new brands have announced plans to open in the £168 million extension to one of the country’s busiest out-of-town shopping parks.
The Perfume Shop, Soho Coffee and Costa Coffee are opening units at the 140,000-sq ft extension to Fosse Park shopping centre, being built next to junction 21 of the M1 at Leicester.
They will join Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, which is planning an upmarket mega-store with a wide area dedicated to its Flannels brand and an esports gaming arena.
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Last year the troubled Debenhams chain pulled out of plans to build a new store at the Fosse Park extension.
That troubled department store chain originally wanted to spend millions on a new anchor store at a big extension to the shopping centre currently going up.
It had been in talks with Fosse Park’s owners to try and salvage the plans after going into administration in April, 2019.
Fosse Park co-owner The Crown Estate said the new development is now more than two-thirds pre-let, and will open to the public in early 2021.
The three new join Nando’s, KFC, Greggs and EE in a new dining space linking the old and new sides of the site, which will house up to 13 food units and four retail stores.
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Next, TK Maxx, and Clarks will join Fraser’s Group in taking some of nine new retail units opening at the Fosse Park West extension.
The redevelopment will increase the shopping centre’s capacity by 40 per cent.
Mike Bell, senior asset manager at The Crown Estate, said: “It is great to welcome three more fantastic brands for the new extension at Fosse Park, making it over two thirds pre let.
“We are continuing to work hard on site in order to create an innovative, safe and secure destination to meet the needs of the community now and in the future, and we look forward sharing more exciting news in the coming months.”
The Fraser’s Group is launching a 90,000 sq ft site at Fosse Park, just south of Leicester, which it said will be split between Flannels and Sports Direct.
It will also include Evans cycles and an area for computer games events, under the Game brand.
It plans to open the new store concept next year at a cost of more than £15 million. It will create up to 200 jobs.