COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
Capital & Counties to open de luxe store in London
The prime location of the London-based real estate group’s assets remains key for its long-term investment plans, says CEO Ian Hawksworth
Capital & Counties Properties (Capco), the London-based real estate group, is opening a luxury concept store, The Shop at Bluebird, in Carriage Hall on Covent Garden’s Floral Street. The store will open its doors to shoppers in early 2018, with the 14,000m² space housing two dedicated retail floors and a large restaurant. Capco has an investment portfolio worth £3.4bn that gives investors exposure to two property estates in central London’s Covent Garden precinct and the mixed-use development and regeneration at the old Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre site. The prime location of its assets remained key for the long-term investment case of the company, said CEO Ian Hawksworth. The Shop at Bluebird is the latest addition to the street’s luxury tenants and will anchor the western end of the street, opposite two new restaurant concepts from Petersham Nurseries within Floral Court. The Shop at Bluebird would join the forthcoming UK flagship store for Kent & Curwen, the men’s British herit...
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