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Change is coming...
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Market Research & Analysis
Our Services
Providing in-depth market research to identify optimal locations for retail ventures, including demographic studies, foot traffic analysis, and competitor assessments.
Market Entry & Expansion Strategies
Advising on market entry strategies for retail brands looking to expand into new regions or countries, including feasibility studies and risk assessments.
Site Selection & Acquisition
Assisting in the identification, evaluation, and negotiation of potential retail locations based on client-specific criteria and market trends.
Leasing & Tenant Representation
Representing either landlords or tenants in lease negotiations, ensuring favourable terms and conditions for the client.
Landlord Services
Offering services to property owners, including tenant attraction and retention, lease administration, and property management.
Portfolio Management
Strategically managing a client's portfolio of retail properties to maximise returns and align with long-term business objectives (to include renegotiations, disposals and relocations)
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Our scale gives us wide-ranging specialist and local knowledge, and we take pride in providing best-in-class advice as we help individuals, businesses and institutions make better property decisions.
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Favourite Restaurant:
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Crabshakk, Glasgow
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Margaret Howell
Kelly Cheng
Limone - Quinta do lago
Brunello Cucinelli
Anthony Selwyn
Zuma
Rick Owens
Jordan Karp
Chez Vrony, Zermatt
Maje
Laura Clowes
Brawn, London
Cos
Marie Hickey
Larry Brennan
Grappa's QRE, Hong Kong
Canali
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Arthur and son’s, New York
Gentspace, Shanghai
Sam Foyle
Ceresio 7, Milan
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APAC Case Studies
Arc’teryx
Aesop
Tesla
landlord Representation
Tenant Representation
Size: 25,618 sq ft
Size: 3,260 sq ft
Size: 3,509 sq ft
Successfully secured a flagship location for Arc’teryx in Shanghai. This is going to be the brand’s largest store in China.
Secured the brand’s first China store on Dongping Road, Shanghai.
Savills secured a 3,509 sq. ft. for Tesla in Sinsa Square, Seoul.
UK Case Studies
RH
Size: 41,870 sq ft
Advising luxury homeware and lifestyle retailer RH on their global strategy and expansion plans outside of the US for 6 years. Aynhoe Park was the first site in the UK acquired on behalf of RH.
Manière de Voire
Landlord Representation
Size: 5,189 sq ft
Savills assisted Hines in securing Manière De Voir at its flagship mixed-use development above Bond Street station in London, marking the online fashion retailer’s first physical store globally.
Norges Bank IM
Size: 19,357 sq ft
Savills acted on behalf of the Landlord to secure Footasylum’s 19,357 sq ft flagship store on the east of Oxford street.
North America Case Studies
Ferragamo
Size: 6,000 sq ft
Savills acted on behalf of the tenant to secure Ferragamo’s first store on Bloor Street, Toronto which arose by combining two units totalling 6,000 sq ft.
Ralph Lauren
Size: 28,355 sq ft
Savills, in collaboration with New York based RIPCO Real Estate, represented Ralph Lauren sublease its 28,355 square foot, former flagship location at 711 Fifth Avenue to Mango, the Spanish owned global fashion brand.
European Case Studies
Lululemon
Size: 8,000 sq ft
Savills has advised St Martins Management Corporation on the leasing of its 8,000 sq ft flagship store at 38, Avenue des Champs Élysées to Canadian sportswear brand Lululemon.
Hamley’s
Size: 14,000 sq ft
Savills facilitated Hamleys of London in procuring and delivering the Italian master franchisee. Located in the heart of Milan, at the renowned Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, a well-known bustling thoroughfare adjacent to the historic cathedrals of Piazza del Duomo and Piazza San Babila.
Tander Inversiones
Size: 4,446 sq ft
Savills adviseds on the leasing of the company’s last available commercial space of its retail high street portfolio in Avenida dos Aliados 107, Porto. The asset was taken by fashion company Zegna, thereby contributing to the further consolidation of luxury retailers on the avenue.
JD Sports
Savills was awarded the exclusive mandate for JD in Canada. In less than 2 years, JD has opened 17 stores in 5 Provinces, with an additional 4 to open before year end. In 2024, there are 12 stores in the pipeline, with more to follow. The roll out strategy includes street front, enclosed mall and outdoor open centres with strong apparel co tenancies.
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multi-sensory
The future of retail destinations is...
A hyperphysical world requires a multi-sensory environment. Consumers want to be delighted by an art installation, to understand a product’s environmental impact, to feel elated by an experience, to taste something they have never tasted before, to discover something unfamiliar, and to learn something new.
‘Hyperphysical’ spaces that go beyond the original idea of retail to delight and engage with customers, particularly younger cohorts. It must be a destination that is enriching, emotionally provocative, memorable, multi-sensory, one that cultivates community.
Stores must be worth the commute.
As we look to retailers to push the boundaries of their creative teams to dream up spaces that inspire the consumer, we see them continuing to have fewer stores in their portfolio
The future is community orientated.
If a brand doesn’t have a community-based strategy in 2022, we believe they don’t have a future. First community, then business. The value of a community is simple, your brand was born to serve your customers - if your customers are happy, your business will thrive.
Blur the physical & digital line.
We believe that the key to success within this arena is the successful blending of the physical and the digital worlds. The world is no longer binary, customers do not see the world in separate entities - they want a singular solution that services their needs.
Data insights are shaping the future of retail.
it needs to shape your portfolio too! Retailers have access to endless customer data drawn largely from their online platforms. The important question is, why are they not able to get the same insight from landlords when it comes to physical spaces?
service-orientated
Retail destinations will be customer focused &
Shopping online is a very convenient, often quick and easy way to shop. Consumers expect the same types of services as they do online in the physical world. Provisions in physical destinations should be well thought out and offer the discerning customer a faultless.
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Savills aims to make a positive impact on the communities in which we operate and on the environment, both directly, and through advisory work with our clients.
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We commited to becoming a net-zero Carbon business by 2030
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Savills forestry teams helped facilitate planting over 5 million trees in the UK, as part of our woodland creation projects
85%
85% of the electricity we purchased for our offices was from green tariffs
£1.5 million
We gave over £1.5m to charity in 2020, raising money through challenges, appeals and bake sales
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Times property graduate employer of choice award for the 14th year in a row
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Savills UK staff undertook over 436 hours of probono advice, consulting and support to 21 different charities across the UK
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alexander.glavas@savills.com
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