It has been a turbulent year for the retail sector across all areas of the market. Our interactive reports utilise data taken from EG Radius Data Exchange and take a look at the shifts and trends that have emerged within each sub-sector.
Retail Investment & Planning
Investment into retail real estate has plummeted in the face of the pandemic with investment volumes down by 70% year on year. These tumbling values however present a strong opportunity for shrewd investors.
Read our analysis on retail investment and planning to find out about numbers of retail-to-residential applications as well as investment into shopping centres and retail parks.
Retail Occupier
Total retail take-up dipped sharply in 2020 compared to the previous year - down almost 75% in terms of the number of new leases signed in the sector.
Is this a continuation of a negative trend that has been in action since 2015? And how has the pandemic further accelerated this shift? Read our analysis to find out more.
Retail Rental
Many industry experts suggest that the UK is overstocked with retail space by between 20-30%. As occupiers continue to assess their physical space in an age of increasing online spend, the value of space is coming under increasing scrutiny.
Average lease lengths for retail space have tumbled by 28% in the past decade, but average rents per square foot have come down on average some 27%. Learn more in our analysis of the retail rental sector.
