Glasgow Fort announces string of new signings and upsizes

By

Barbara Santamaria

Published
Apr 13, 2017

British Land and Hercules Unit Trust have announced a string of new signings and upsizes at Glasgow Fort shopping park following the completion of the new £12 million Leisure Quarter.

Superdry, Footasylum, Tessuti, JD Sports and Mamas & Papas have signed deals to open or upsize stores at the out-of-town shopping and leisure park.

Superdry has signed for its largest store in Glasgow and its first out-of-town store in the UK taking 12,000 sq ft unit, while Footasylum will open a 5,000 sq ft store. JD Sports will double its presence with a 10,000 sq ft store and has taken an additional 10,000 sq ft unit at the centre for its retail concepts Tessuti and Scotts.

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Meanwhile, Mamas & Papas has moved within the centre to a new 5,000 sq ft store.

Glasgow Fort has a catchment of over 2 million people and now features 90 leading shopping and leisure brands including Zara, Pandora, Topshop, River Island, Fat Face, Kiko Milano and Schuh.

According to CACI the retail park is the top centre in its category in Scotland, with new Leisure Quarter and further retail extensions helping it enhance the customer experience and deliver footfall increases.

Glasgow Fort has also extended opening hours until 10pm, the longest of any Scottish centre.

The new Leisure Quarter features four restaurants and a 600-space multi-storey car park, which will provide additional park capacity to accommodate increasing customer numbers.

Glasgow Fort is located in Auchinlea Park, Provanhall in east Glasgow.