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New King's Cross development to feature "unique" and independent retailers

Published
Aug 19, 2015

In 2018, the 67-acre King's Cross Central development scheme will open around London’s King’s Cross and St Pancras station.

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It's being developed is by the King’s Cross Partnership, led by Argent, and is now looking for stores for its 110 retail units, reported Drapers. The main shopping area will be in the Coal Drops Yard and will be a "diverse retail space," said Peter Courtney, agent for property firm Lunson Mitchenall, which is acting for the King’s Cross Partnership.

He told Drapers: “We have had huge interest from lots of different retailers. We are looking for indies and specialist retailers, as well as brands shoppers will have heard of before. We’re not focusing on big high street names, as there are lots of areas nearby that do that very well and we need to be different.”

He added: “If there are some better-known retailers, they need to do something unique and completely different to anything they have done before for the Coal Drops Yard. We also want to bring in new names and big international names.”

As previously reported, France's Merci store will open its first London shop in the area, which be as large as its Paris store - around 15,000 sqft. This week, the UK government put its 36.5% stake in King’s Cross Central on sale, and it is expected to raise £360m.

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