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Pavers sign new 5 year lease renewal

Blue Inc concludes terms and opens new store

Betty Barclay opening at the end of October to add to the Ladies Fashion offer onsite

Nike now completed lease renewal on 5,000 sqft

House of Brands lease agreed for a 11,500 sqft mixed concession offer for opening mid- September

Crafters Companion now open, performing over budget in their opening couple of weeks, with many customers travelling 1hr+ to visit

Coffee#1 now open, to become the third café/restaurant onsite, with strong sales from opening

Crafters Companion – Planning now approved for opening August 2017

Regatta – Pre let now agreed, second tenant signed up for Phase III alongside anchor Boardman Bikes

New Lease agreed with Tefal, opening in July

Coffee #1 lease agreed for a new coffee shop offer at The Valley, opening August 2017

Mr. Sweets now open and trading well over budget in opening 2 weeks

New lease agreed with Hallmark, upsizing unit to 2,200 sq.ft.

Like for like sales up 10% over Easter weekend vs. 2016

Centre sales up 39% and footfall up 142% Easter week vs. 2016

Centre sales up 7% year to date vs. 2016

Footfall up over 100% year to date vs. 2016

Pro Cook now open on 1,500 sqft with a very successful first week of trading

+6% footfall and like for likes +6% vs. 2016

Like for likes up 6% during Christmas period

Bench opened late January with an outstanding shop fit

Pizza Express now open and trading 33% over budget in the opening couple of weeks

Footfall up 12% vs. 2016

Planning consent granted for Boardman Bikes World Class Centre with unique cycling specific wind tunnel, testing lab and concept retail store which will be the first of its kind in the UK. Opening Autumn 2017

CHD Property proud to become joint sponsors for Harry Whittington Racing Yard for 2017

Outstanding final quarter with turnover up 10% on 2015

Outstanding performance in 2016 with centre sales up 28% vs. 2015 and footfall up 16%

Hugo Boss now open offering a mix of their Boss, Boss Green, Boss Orange and Hugo menswear ranges adding to the fashion retail mix at Gretna Gateway alongside Polo Ralph Lauren and Superdry

Brantano now open and trading strongly

Deal now agreed for Oxygen Freejumping Trampolining Centre, opening later this year

Fat Face now open and trading materially above budget

Overall sales density up 27% year to date vs. 2015

Pro Cook lease now agreed for opening in January 2017

Overall centre sales up 36% year to date vs. 2015

Dobbies Chesterfield: Crafters Companion now open and trading over budget

Like for Like centre sales up 11% on 2015

Ernest Jones now open

Sports Direct signs new long term lease

Fat Face now opening in October 2016

Ernest Jones opening in October 2016

Starbucks opening in November 2016 with a brand new shop fit

Overall sales density for the centre has increased by 25% vs. 2015

Total sales for June is up 24% vs the same period 2015

Bench now concluded with the opening set for November

Bonmarché has now opened with a brand new shop fit

Lease now concluded for Dobbies Chesterfield Shopping Village. The extensive craft offer and craft classes will help bring further diversification to the village

Pagazzi lighting is opening an instore concession at Dobbies Garden Centre, Preston and will be a valuable addition to the existing homeware offer

Footfall is up 25% for the first half of 2016 vs the same period in 2015

Dreams now open adding to the existing homeware offer

Brantano now concluded

Anchors now achieving in excess of £1,000 sq. ft

Sunday Craft Market operator Duckpond Market at Heron Square – now operating Duckpond Richmond Foodies market every Saturday at Heron Square, Richmond, Surrey

Turnover is up 15% on last year in the first quarter of 2016

Following its opening in March, Walter Smith has driven footfall to the centre up by 75% and contributed to an increase in catering spend of 53%. From opening,trading was at double initial budgets and it continues to trade strongly

Walter Smith Farm Shop opened in Denby Pottery Village and is off to a very successful start, driving increased footfall to the centre

Antler opened for business

New Quays concession multi brand 11,000sq ft fashion offer opened

Skechers now open

Molton Brown lease renewed

Antler opening in Spring 2016

Pets at Home opened in the retail village at Dobbies Chesterfield

Antler opens with outstanding new shopfit

Double Two take a new lease having relocated in the centre. Outstanding new shop fit now in place

Next signs up for a new 7,000 sq. ft. store

Klass to replace Roman Originals

Select renewed its lease

Card Factory opened

Regatta opened

Hotter Shoes opened in Dobbies Flagship store in Dobbies Melville

Hotter also opened a store at Dobbies Chesterfield

Calendar Club opened a Christmas Pop-Up store for a seasonal Christmas offer

Antler renewed its lease with a brand new shop-fit

October saw the arrival of Christmas Pop Up shops in Dobbies stores around the UK.

Arran Aromatics opened up in 13 stores – Aberdeen, Ashford, Atherstone, Braehead, Carlisle, Dundee, Lisburn, Livingston, Milngavie, Preston, Shrewsbury, Stirling and Cirencester

Nauticalia opened in Cirencester and Milton Keynes

Ortak opened in Chesterfield

The Works smashed all targets on its first weekend of trading and continues to perform well

Julian Charles adds a strong offer of quality soft furnishings and homeware to The Valley

Klass opens with outstanding new shop fit

M&S lease Regear – committed to a new long term lease

Mr Sweets – trading very strongly, one of the top performers in the centre

Tefal – open and trading very strongly with its full offer

Mountain Warehouse finished the new shopfit of its enlarged store

Golf Nation joins Festival Park, continuing its UK outlet expansion

Sports Direct commits to a new long term lease

Saltrock, a new national brand, added as a new tenant. Trading very strongly

Trespass relocated into a larger unit, anticipating an increase in sales

CHD Property appointed letting agents for major destination retail site The Valley at Evesham

Phase II opens with Jacques Vert and Next both now trading

Opening of the Beauty Outlet, completing the cosmetics and toiletries line up at Gretna

Tefal extends its lease for a further term

Mr Sweets opens to include an ice cream and milk shake offer – trading starts with a flourish. Becomes one of its best performing company stores after the first week

Cobbs Farm Kitchen and Farm Shop opens as the new specialist food anchor in the historic courtyard, to trade alongside the evolving retail/fashion offer

The Grape Tree continues its UK expansion, with a new store to add to the outlet and garden centre retail mix

Dobbies Garden Centre, Shrewsbury adds Trespass, The Works and Edinburgh Woollen Mill to the offer

Dobbies Garden Centre Cirencester, Milton Keynes and Inverness add Mountain Warehouse, The Works and Edinburgh Woollen Mill

The Grape Tree open its new store offer, filling a product gap apparent since the sale of Julian Graves

Jeff Banks takes adjoining unit to trade under the Suits Direct fascia in a dual branded offer

 New Massarella’s restaurant opens, trading significantly in excess of previous sales

Julian Charles adds to the home and interiors offer with its re-branded home furnishings offer

Trespass opens new outdoors store, to add to the established tenant line up

Bonmarche opens its new fashion offer in the historic courtyard

Premium bath and body product brand, Molton Brown, extends lease after consolidating a successful launch with continued fast sales growth

As part of the landlord’s strategy to upgrade the catering offer on site, the Massarella Group sign up to take over the main family restaurant at the centre, to add to the successful coffee shop. The restaurant is to be completely refitted and re-opened in February 2015 with a new concept

The Beauty Outlet opens at Royal Quays, bringing its successful cosmetics and toiletries offer to the centre

Dobbies Kings Lynne adds Mountain Warehouse, The Works and Cotton Traders to the centre

Dobbies Garden Centre, Peterborough sees a new outdoor clothing offer with Trespass joining the tenant line up

Livingstone and Dunfermline see Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Cotton Traders added to the existing offers

Massarella’s launches a new concept coffee chop with an Italian theme. The offer is very well received and has got off to strong trading, at well over the initial budgets

Chapelle Jewellery open a new store, further building the strong tenant line up

Cotswold Outdoor opens a 5,000sq ft anchor store to bring a full outdoor clothing store to Dobbies Stirling

Edinburgh Woollen Mill opens at Stirling as a new addition to the retailer line up, part of a reconfiguration of the centre layout