* You are viewing Posts Tagged ‘Grainger Street’

Newcastle’s Urban Outfitters is unwrapped ahead of 9 December opening

Graham Soult November 29, 2011 Fashion Stores, Property No Comments

Tags: , , , , ,

Upcoming Urban Outfitters, Newcastle (29 Nov 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Upcoming Urban Outfitters, Newcastle (29 Nov 2011)

Newcastle’s upcoming Urban Outfitters store has been tantalisingly hidden behind orange boards for over a month – including when I passed by last week – but the shop’s frontage has now been unwrapped ahead of its opening a week on Friday (9 December).

While we’ve … Continue Reading

Newcastle’s Calvin Klein Underwear and Urban Outfitters stores take shape

Graham Soult August 17, 2011 Fashion Stores, Property 3 Comments

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

CKU window poster (8 Aug 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

CKU window poster (8 Aug 2011)

While the rescue of Newcastle’s TJ Hughes store ensures that the value stretch of Grainger Street retains its retail anchor, work is also progressing well on the more upmarket developments at the street’s Monument end.

In the unit freed up by Kurt Geiger’s move to Eldon Square, … Continue Reading

Newcastle’s TJ Hughes is saved – but Middlesbrough’s is to close within days

Graham Soult August 13, 2011 Department Stores, Property, Retail History, Woolworths 8 Comments

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Newcastle's TJ Hughes (8 Aug 2011). Photograph by Graham Soult

Newcastle's TJ Hughes (8 Aug 2011)

There was good news for Newcastle city centre earlier this week, with the announcement that the TJ Hughes store in Grainger Street had been sold, preventing the loss of 76 jobs. However, the … Continue Reading

Three-storey retail tenant “secured” to replace Newcastle’s Green Market

Graham Soult January 25, 2010 Property, Retail History, Shopping Centres 5 Comments

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

139-153 Grainger Street, Newcastle (22 Jan 2010). Photograph by Graham Soult

139-153 Grainger Street, Newcastle (22 Jan 2010)

As someone with an appetite for retail news stories, I like to occasionally visit Newcastle City Council’s planning applications website. Often, planning applications are where interesting developments in the world of retail first come to light, or can be useful in confirming speculation that such-and-such a retailer is indeed … Continue Reading