Tap and Tandoor will be arriving at Westquay, Southampton this month!

It will be Westquay’s first Indian offering and specialises in craft beer, cocktails and home-style curries.  You’ll be able to enjoy a casual dining experience with a wide range of quality beers in a relaxed, family friendly environment. The brand operates in Solihull and Peterborough, with Westquay due to be its third site.

With Boom Battle Bar, All Bar One and Las Iguanas all recently open in the scheme, we believe Tap and Tandoor will complement these brands. All adding to our strategy of creating a more wet led pitch at Westquay, Southampton.

Great work Harry Cody-Owen and Victoria Broadhead who acted on behalf of our client Hammerson, to secure this letting!

F1 Arcade, the first Formula 1 licensed premium experiential venue of its kind, is to occupy an 11,000 sq ft unit at Paradise Birmingham, the £1.2bn business, leisure, and residential development in Birmingham. The move marks only the second UK venue for the brand after its first venue in London was announced earlier this year and opens later this month.

The unique attraction offers offer an immersive, cutting-edge F1 racing simulation experience for individuals and groups, with appeal for both corporate and social occasions across a wide-ranging demographic, including families. It features bespoke racing simulators designed especially for the venue, featuring motion and audio-visual effects to immerse guests in the race. The experience takes inspiration from the exhilarating world of Formula 1, with sleek venue design paired with best-in-class food and drink offerings.

The concept was created by Adam Breeden, the pioneer of competitive socialising with proven and consistent worldwide success in fuelling the rise in the competitive socialising trend, with notable venues including Flight Club, Bounce, Hijingo, All Star Lanes and Puttshack.

F1 Arcade will be in good company and will join existing leisure operators at Paradise, including Vinoteca, Dishoom, Albert’s Schloss and Rosa’s Thai. Paradise is also home to occupiers such as PwC, DLA Piper, Knights, Mazars, Atkins, Cazenove Capital and Cubo across its first two office buildings, One and Two Chamberlain Square.

The Paradise scheme is being brought forward through Paradise Circus Limited Partnership, a private-public joint venture with Birmingham City Council. The private sector funding is being managed by Federated Hermes, which has partnered with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board on the first phase of the development and for One Centenary Way, the 280,000 sq ft first part of Phase Two. MEPC is the development and asset manager.

MEPC Senior Development Manager, Ross Fittall, commented: “F1 Arcade will be a major new attraction for the city and one that will appeal to all ages and backgrounds. This truly ground-breaking new leisure concept is coming to Birmingham in only its second venue in the UK. With cutting edge gameplay, high quality food and drink and an inviting, innovative space, it will be an exciting venue with something for everyone”.

BGP advised the development partnership on the letting to F1 Arcade.

Vinoteca has taken a 3,390 sq ft unit in MEPC’s Paradise mixed-use development in Birmingham. The restaurant at Two Chamberlain Square is Vinoteca’s seventh outlet. Vinoteca co-founder Charlie Young said: “Birmingham has always been quick to embrace new food and drink concepts, and we felt this was the perfect setting for our first regional site. The huge success of the Commonwealth Games has just added to the city’s buzz and has brought a new awareness of Birmingham and all it has to offer.” The Paradise scheme is a major transformation of the heart of Birmingham, and comprises a mixed-use commercial development with up to ten new buildings including offices, a hotel, restaurants, bars and cafes as well as a 49-storey residential tower. The scheme is being progressed through a private-public joint venture with Birmingham City Council and funding managed by Federated Hermes. MEPC is the development manager. Bruce Gillingham Pollard (BGP) advised Federated Hermes and MEPC in the letting to Vinoteca. BGP director, Victoria Broadhead, added: “We have worked with a number of F&B concepts who have looked to expand regionally after establishing themselves in London. Vinoteca is an excellent brand which prides itself on working closely with producers to curate one of the UK’s most extensive wine lists. It has redefined the wine bar concept by offering a relaxed and laid-back experience that can be enjoyed by all. It is a letting which substantially enhances the eating and drinking options at the Paradise development.”

BGP are committed to achieving net zero and setting a suitable path to science based targets to help the business achieve this.

We are delighted to be part of Grosvenor Net Zero Mentoring Programme alongside green consultancy The Heart of The City. This will enable our business to calculate baseline, set an action plan and achieve our agreed science based targets.

This week our wonderful client BARRY’S BOOTCAMP LTD announced the launch of their Liverpool opening in the summer of this year.

Liverpool standby for the best workout in the world from the market leaders…

For more information, please contact Charlotte Roberts or Victoria Broadhead

The growth of the neighbourhoods and localism have been key themes for the last 12 months.  We have experienced an increase in demand for both London neighbourhood locations and nationally, where we’ve seen lots of activity with lettings in Guildford, Windsor, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Birmingham, Reading and Leeds.

The increase in footfall and turnover in our regional towns and Cities has also been identified by our investment team, who have seen a growth in interest from buyers for strong regional locations.

Back in June,  Jack Barrett purchased 72 – 76 Queen Street in Cardiff for £23.25 million on behalf of Topland. He highlighted the importance of occupational advice and in-depth understanding of the market.  At BGP we offer a joined-up approach across our leasing, lease consultancy and investment teams, allowing first-hand market knowledge and insight to support all of our advice.

We are Delighted to see JKS Restaurants reopen The George Fitzrovia last Thursday. This exciting venture is in partnership with renowned publican Dominic Jacobs and celebrated chef James Knappett. Along with JKS they form a remarkable team who have restored this beautiful 3 storey, 18th century, grade II-listed building, and will now operate it in a way which celebrates its former self, and also creates an exciting destination for today. It will fully embrace the British pub experience downstairs, with Upstairs at the George becoming a full dining experience led by James Knappett.

Bruce Gillingham Pollard were very pleased to work with The Crown Estate to secure JKS and the team to bring this historic pub back to life, with the support of Distrkt.