Retail & Mixed Use

We are forward thinking, progressive, and understand the market, trends, and societal changes We bring a collaborative, progressive and forward thinking approach, born from knowledge of the market, trends and changes in society. We are inquisitive, multi-sector, multidisciplined, have an international presence and knowledge base to feed into projects, whilst understanding the importance and value of the local.

Placemaking for a Modern World We design at every scale and at every stage in the process of placemaking, from visioning to briefing, design, delivery and operation. The places we create are distinct; social, natural, useful and beautiful – a reflection of humanity. The practice has grown to over 1,200 people operating from a collaborative network of global studios, all creative hubs connected to the cities and regions they serve. BDP has an enviable track record of delivering innovative, sustainable projects in a number of sectors and for a diverse range of clients – both public and private, including Google, AstraZeneca, Netflix, PwC, The Royal Albert Hall, IKEA, Berkeley Homes, Great Ormond Street Hospital and many more. Our retail portfolio includes projects which range from complex new builds and infill extensions to the refurbishment and renewal of existing urban centres.

Our global practice

Studios

N America New York Toronto

Countries

S America Lima

Regions

Birmingham

Liverpool

Cardiff

Manchester

Bristol

Edinburgh Glasgow Leeds

London

Sheffield

Europe Dublin

Rotterdam

MENA

Abu Dhabi

Asia Pacific New Delhi Shanghai

Singapore

Our sectors BDP’s creativity spans the full spectrum of life’s activities. We pride ourselves on the highest design quality and the creation of places for the use of all, informed by community, local needs and desires.

Retail & Mixed Use

Urbanism

Housing

Heritage

Leisure & Culture

Media Environments

Workplace

Education

Healthcare

Science, Research & Technology

Sport

Transport

We understand the market Our multi-sector, multi-disciplined status and global presence, gives us a unique vantage point. For each project we embark on, we are able to draw on our local and global experts to create a ‘collective’ of dedicated sector and discipline specialists. These teams develop market responsive feasibility studies and vision strategies for a diverse range of clients. This collaborative approach means we can identify opportunities, constraints and find creative solutions.

Shaping the future of retail with a mixed use model In this digital era, with shifting consumer expectations, the retail landscape we once knew has been replaced by a new paradigm, a mixed use model. Retail is no longer just about transactions – it’s about creating memorable and immersive experiences, heightened by a commitment to sustainability. Flexibility is key in this evolving retail world. The mixed use model incorporates a balance of different community focused sectors, including retail, leisure, restaurants, residential, and offices. Whether the goal is to restructure existing assets, or generate new income opportunities, mixed use retail needs to be strategic, urban masterplan driven, and address social needs. Research and analysis should inform the new mix, to ensure it is authentic to the local area and responds to the community it serves. A successful mixed use model is integral to a strong, sustainable, and vibrant city economy.

Repurpose and reallocate

The retail sector as we once knew it, has the potential to adapt and shape the future of urban environment.

We work with existing and new clients to unlock opportunities and maximise a site’s value. Our solutions are unique, and respond to individual briefs, as well as the location.

Restaurants

Shared workspace

Community driven

Residential Retail

Education

Student accommodation

Leisure

Mixing of uses Current development practice Current development practice is primarily mono-use: retail, residential or commercial with a sprinkling of food or leisure.

This creates cities of silos, areas of over saturation of use, activity and reliance, leaving other areas lifeless at different points of the day or week.

This necessitates the need to commute, generating huge movement in a limited timeframe, exerting enormous pressure on transportation infrastructure.

Suburbs

City Suburbs

Future development practice A mixing of uses is key to the revitalisation of town and city centres. A more considered and mixed development model could rebalance the distribution of use.

The core centre remains vibrant and active, with opportunities to accommodate living space, occupying our city centres 24/7.

Spreading the intensity of activity a little wider, theoretically flattens the peak and re-energises local centres, reducing the need to commute, and promotes a sense of belonging, pride and commitment to one’s local area.

Suburbs

City Suburbs

Featured projects

IKEA Oxford Circus Ar

Location London, UK

Client Ingka Investments Cost Confidential

BDP initially worked with Ingka Investments to assess the opportunity of acquiring the former flagship Topshop store on Oxford Circus.

We are now working as a multidisciplinary team to reconfigure and reinvent this landmark building for a variety of uses. This investment marks the next step in Ingka’s long-term plan to create a more accessible, affordable and sustainable IKEA and will be their second city centre destination.

IKEA Hammersmith Ar

Location London, UK

Client Ingka Centres Cost Confidential Completion 2021

This development transformed a dated and tired shopping centre in the heart of Hammersmith into a welcoming, inclusive and uplifting meeting place for the whole community. The project includes one of the first new IKEA city centre format stores and incorporates a new focal point, formed around amphitheatre steps designed to host events and create a place for meeting friends and spending time.

The Well Ar

Location Toronto, Canada Client Rio Can, Allied Properties and Diamond Corp Cost $200m

Completion 2024

We were appointed as retail concept architects by RioCan, Allied Properties and Diamond Corp in March 2016. This development consists of seven individual building blocks that define a pedestrian network of streets and spaces at ground level. Shops, restaurants and cafés occupy the three podium levels with residential and offices ranging from four to 35 storeys rising above.

St James’ Quarter Ar

Location Edinburgh, UK

Client Nuveen Real Estate Cost £850m

Completion 2021

This major regeneration on a World Heritage site in Edinburgh creates a distinct area in the Scottish capital, incorporating new and existing development and several listed buildings. In addition to retail, it includes homes, leisure and catering arranged around a crescent shaped galleria.

Augustine Hill Masterplan Ar

Location Galway, Ireland

Client Summix Capital Limited and Seagull Point Limited Cost €300m

Completion 2021 – Planning application approved

The Augustine Hill Masterplan seeks to rejuvenate the 8.5 acres of inactive brownfield land to the south of Ceannt Station in Galway, Ireland, creating a new mixed urban community which will include residential, culture, retail, leisure, office and transport.

Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant Ar

Location Shanghai, China Cost Confidential

This regeneration of a large riverside power station will become a retail-led mixed use development. Sitting within an 83,000 sq m site in Yangpu on the edge of the Huangpu River, the project will incorporate offices, retail units, hotels, leisure facilities, food and beverage spaces and even cultural places dedicated to the history of the power station. The regeneration of the power plant aims to transform Yangshupu into a vibrant mixed use destination for people across the district.

Italie Deux Ar

Location Paris, France Client Ingka

Cost Confidential

BDP was appointed to deliver a pre-feasibility and exploration study for Italie Deux, a large shopping centre located in Paris’ 13th Arrondissement, on the left bank of the River Seine. Focussed on identifying opportunities that lie within the existing building and site location, we worked closely with the client team to better understand the complexity of ownership and the process of approval required.

Farnworth Town Centre Masterplan Ar UD

Location Bolton, UK

Client Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Cost Confidential

The development of a new masterplan for the town of Farnworth, is part of a new initiative which strives to breathe life into areas across the region. Creating new homes, opening a new community hub and moving library services into the town centre are among some of the ideas that have been raised after six months of community engagement and 500 responses from residents, councillors and businesses.

Weir Mill Ar

Location Stockport, UK

Client Capital and Centric Cost Confidential

The Weir Mill development in Stockport comprises a 253-home mixed use project by Capital & Centric. Plans include restoring a Grade II listed former cotton mill, constructing two new buildings, and incorporating 24,000 sq ft of commercial space. The design integrates co-working spaces, independent businesses, and a riverside zone for markets and events. Weavers Square and West Courtyard offer public spaces with historical elements and green areas, enhancing the community experience near the Stockport Viaduct.

Arc’teryx BSE UD

Location London, UK Client Arc’teryx

Cost Confidential Completion 2023

This retail fit-out and delivery of 253 sqm Arc’teryx store within the Grade II listed Battersea Power Station, incorporates a neutral, natural palette.

BDP was responsible for the detail design, tender drawings and managing the fit-out of the shop unit with the selected contractor.

We coordinarted with the client’s in-house design and retail delivery team to verify and align the design with current British Standards.

Al Mashtal Masterplan Ar UD

Location Abu Dhabi, UAE Client Aldar

Cost Confidential

This is a retail and leisure mixed use development in the heart of downtown Abu Dhabi. The scheme will consist of open streets and include an exciting mix of retail units, food and beverage, cinema, commercial and cultural amenities with the possibility of a 200-room boutique hotel.

Patimban Port City Masterplan Ar

Location Indonesia

Client PT Aarunya Mitra Optima Completion 2021

BDP designed a 528-hectare, mixed use, waterfront development masterplan for Patimban New City, Indonesia. The sustainable masterplan aims to unlock the commercial potential of the area and create a resilient, ecological and prosperous waterfront city, which promotes a symbiotic relationship between its communities, local ecology and the built environment.

Bach Dang Harbour Masterplan Ar

Location Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Client Nippon Koei Cost Confidential Completion 2018

BDP created a masterplan vision for the urban waterfront in the historic city of Ho Chi Minh. The proposal reduces the impact of vehicle dominance and poor connections between the old city and the Saigon River, by directing vehicles through an underground bypass and creating a fully pedestrianised waterfront that holds a new city plaza, cafés and dining areas, a water taxi station, soft landscaped gardens and a new cultural hub.

Wider projects

Liverpool ONE

IKEA Wuxi Ar

Location Wuxi, China Client Ingka

Cost Confidential

IKEA Wuxi integrates a shopping centre, residences and a hotel. This placemaking project will create a new retail destination, offering a new meeting point for families, youth and elderly people.

Wuhan Tahan Masterplan Ar

Location Wuhan, Hubei, China Client Wuhan Yijing Property Ltd Cost Confidential Completion 2019

The Wuhan Tahan masterplan is an 18 hectare office led mixed use development, strategically located in the city centre with close links to Wuhan Plaza business district, the Financial Business Centre and Wangjiadun CBD. The scheme creates a gateway for the transition from the city’s old business and trade district to the new emerging one. The design delivers a modern urban complex integrating grade-A office buildings, with high end residential units, a terraced retail and entertainment podium, and a 5 star hotel.

Westgate Centre Ar

Location Oxford, UK

Client Westgate Oxford Alliance (Land Securities and The Crown Estate) Cost £440m

Completion 2017 The Westgate masterplan includes the internal remodelling of the existing Westgate Shopping Centre. It forms the main entrance to the extended centre leading to an elegant vaulted arcade. The work included a refurbished public library, new retail and leisure space.

Royal Hibernian Way Ar

Location Dublin, Ireland

Client Friends First Life Assurance Company Completion 2018

Awards 2020 Fit Out Awards – Fit Out Project of the Year – Retail

Royal Hibernian Way is located within the heart of the Dublin city centre retail core with prominent frontage in an emerging retail and mixed use district. The refurbishment and rebranding project transforms Royal Hibernian Way into a high quality destination, revitalising an important pedestrian link key to the city.

Dublin Central BSE

Location Dublin, Ireland Client Hammerson Cost €300m

Completion 2021 – Planning application approved

Dublin Central, a major 5.5 acre regeneration project in Dublin’s city centre, will deliver a mixed use development consisting of workplace, residential, hotel, restaurant and retail uses set within new pedestrian links and public spaces. The development is targeting BREEAM (‘Outstanding’), LEED (Gold or Platinum) and WELL (Gold) certification.

It is the largest project in Ireland on which a full Life Cycle Analysis has been carried out, including embodied energy analysis for all buildings and services, a process led by BDP. Three of the sites within the scheme have been submitted for planning approval, with two further sites due to be submitted in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022.

Meadowhall Ar ID

Location Sheffield, UK Client British Land Completion 2017

The UK’s fourth largest shopping centre has been transformed into a contemporary destination. Embracing Sheffield’s steel legacy, our proposal is inspired by the process of making steel, which is interpreted in abstract ways. The original centre was cluttered with impeded sightlines, having four zones that lacked distinction, poor legibility and orientation. We therefore designed distinct districts with different mall finishes and environments.

Waterford North Quay Development BSE

Location Waterford, Ireland

Client Fawaz Al Hokair Group Real Estate Company

The Waterford North Quay Development is a new mixed use lifestyle and recreational destination that consists of a large shopping mall with retail, food and beverage, cinema, a transport interchange, 4 star 200-bed hotel, offices, residential blocks, river boardwalk and a visitor centre. The development also includes a base car park, associated roads, infrastructure and connects to existing utilities and transport network.

BOXPARK Croydon Ar

BSE C&S La

Location London, UK Client BOXPARK

Cost Confidential Completion 2016

Boxpark opened it’s second scheme in Croydon, South East London. Sited immediately next to East Croydon station, it consists of 96 modified shipping containers and provides a home for over 40 food and beverage units, taking the thinking from the original Boxpark scheme in Shoreditch, and developing it to a new level.

BOXPARK Wembley Ar

BSE

C&S

Location London, UK Client BOXPARK

Cost Confidential Completion 2018

Boxpark Wembley is the third Boxpark and represents a significant step forward for the company by creatively interpreting the portal framed shed. The central space can be configured to cater for a huge variety of functions including a food-hall serving high quality street food, a venue for a 2,500 capacity rave, Bingo Lingo, Fight Klub boxercise classes, pop-up cinema, Christmas markets, Baby Loves Disco, and a match-day fanzone.

One Stamford Square Ar

Location Altrincham, UK

Client Bruntwood Works/ Trafford Council Cost Confidential

This project comprises a range of proposals to convert the existing retail store into a mixed use development, including a lightweight two-storey extension above the existing building for office use, with retail and leisure uses at the ground and lower ground floors – such as cafés, restaurants and independent shops – which open up onto Stamford New Road or Stamford Square.

MAR Shopping Centre Loulé Ar

BSE

Location Loulé, Portugal Client IICG

Cost €200m

Completion 2017

Mar Shopping Centre Loulé, in Algarve Portugal, is a new shopping centre which forms part of a larger €200 million complex featuring an IKEA store, a designer outlet and outdoor leisure. It is the fifth IKEA centre we have completed.

LIVAT Mall Beijing Ar

BSE

Location Beijing, China

Client Inter IKEA Centre Group Cost Confidential Completion 2015

A retail and leisure development in the Daxing district, comprised of a three-level shopping and leisure complex with three subterranean car park levels for 7,000 cars pus an office park development with strong transport links. The overall scheme consists of six individual buildings and is anchored by a 48,000 sqm IKEA store.

Cergy 3 Fontaines Ar

Location Paris, France

Client Hammerson France Cost €133.7m

Les 3 Fontaines is a major renovation and extension of a leading shopping centre located 30 km west of Paris, in Cergy. We designed a bright new mall extending the existing area by an extra 26,500 m sq of GLA. We proposed a vibrant new food court engaging the pedestrian realm of the town centre and also including the reconfiguration of 3,700 car park spaces.

The Leisure Hall, Meadowhall Ar

Location Sheffield, UK Client British Land Cost £300m

The aim of The Leisure Hall is to create an exceptional regional destination, transforming the face, perception and journey to a reinvented and enlivened Meadowhall. The proposals involve reappropriating the existing deck parking and grafting on a major new leisure and restaurant led extension.

Paddington Box Ar

Location London, UK

Client British Land

Cost Confidential

The concept is for the appropriation of a redundant 100,000 sq ft box beneath British Land’s Paddington Central campus to create a fantastic food and leisure destination with a unique perspective over the rail tracks. The Box is accessed via a lifted landscape plain that creates an entrance route into a new public amphitheatre.

Selected Awards BDP has won over 1,000 awards for design quality – a selection of our awards is listed below. RIBA • Liverpool One Masterplan (Shortlist for Stirling Prize)

MAPIC • Boxpark, Wembley (Best F+B Concept)

• Boxpark, Croydon (London Region)

• Victoria Square, Belfast (Belfast City Council for Best Urban Initiative and Commendation Urban Design/Connectivity)

• Piccadilly Station, Manchester

• Liverpool One (Best Urban Regeneration Initiative)

Civic Trust • Liverpool One (Special Award for Sustainability)

• Waterfront City, Melbourne (Commendation – Large Centre)

• Victoria Square, Belfast (Civic Trust Commendation)

• Debenhams, Liverpool One (Groupe 6 architects with BDP) World Architecture Festival • La Vache Noire, Arcueil, Paris (Finalist – Retail) RICS National • Victoria Square, Belfast (Commended – Regeneration)

• Liverpool One (Winner – Regeneration) RICS Regional • Westgate, Oxford (Project of the Year – South East Region) • The Lexicon, Bracknell (Regeneration Award)

• Union Square, Aberdeen (Highly Commended – Regeneration) • Chapelfield, Norwich (Regeneration)

• Chapelfield, Norwich (Commendation – Urban Design/Connectivity) Revo Gold Award • The Lexicon, Bracknell (Re:new and Best of the Best) • Boxpark, Croydon (Re:lax)

• East Kilbride Leisure Hub, Olympia Kilbride Centre (Re:fresh) • Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter (Catering and Leisure)

RTPI Planning • Victoria Square, Belfast (Silver Jubilee Cup and City and Metropolitan Areas winner)

• Liverpool One (City and Metropolitan Areas) BURA for Best Practice in Regeneration • Liverpool One

MIPIM (International Property Market) • Gum Store, Moscow (Finalist – Best Shopping Centre) • Almada Forum, Lisbon, Portugal (Best Shopping Centre Award)

• TresAguas, Madrid (Best Shopping Centre, Runner Up) • Vasco da Gama, Lisbon (Best Shopping Centre)

MIPIM/AR Future Project • Liverpool One (Big Urban Projects: Commendation) • New Retail Quarter, Sheffield (Mixed Use and Retail: Winner)

BCSC Gold • Waitrose, Bracknell (Commendation – Sustainability)

• Parkway, Newbury (Winner – New Centre) • Liverpool One (Supreme Award Winner) • Silverburn, Glasgow

• Victoria Square, Belfast BCSC Award • Piccadilly Station, Manchester (Special Award) BCSC Town Centre Environment • Liverpool One (Gold Standard)

ICSC VIVA • Liverpool One (Best of the Best)

• Inter IKEA Centre, Poland (Commendation) British Archaeological • Westgate, Oxford (Best Archaeological Project) LABC Building Excellence • The Rock, Bury (Best Large Commercial Building)

• International Council of Shopping Centres (Europe) • Liverpool One (New Development: Extra Large and ReStore)

• Victoria Square, Belfast (Commendation – Large Developments and ReStore) International Council of Shopping Centres (USA) • La Part Dieu, Lyon

• Vasco Da Gama, Lisbon IStructE Structural • Victoria Square, Belfast (Finalist – Commercial or Retail Structure) Concrete Society • Cardiff Central Library, Cardiff (Certificate of Excellence: Building Category)

Selected Awards BALI National Landscape • Parkway, Newbury (Hard Landscaping – construction cost £300,000 – £1.5million) • Chavasse Park, Liverpool One (Grand Award & Principal Award Hard Landscaping over £1.5m)

Architect of the Year • 2018 BDP (Finalist – Retail and Leisure)

• 2008 BDP (Finalist – Retail / Masterplanning) • 2007 BDP (Finalist – Retail)

Global RLI • Boxpark, Croydon (Most Innovative Food and Beverage Concept) • Minsk World (Future Project Award – Highly Commended)

• Izmit Masterplan (Future Project Award) • Forum Istanbul (International Retail and Leisure Destination of the Year)

• Liverpool One (International Retail & Leisure Destination of the Year)

• 2005 BDP (Finalist – Retail)

• Victoria Square, Belfast (Highly Commended: International Shopping Centre of the Year)

BREEAM • Waitrose, Bracknell (Winner of Retail)

RIAI Irish Architecture Award • Victoria Square, Belfast (Best Retail Development)

Building • Liverpool One (Building Magazine Project of the Year)

RIAS Award • Buchanan Gardens, Glasgow

• 2004 BDP (Retail Architect of the Year)

Regeneration & Renewal • Liverpool One (Best Use of Planning in Regeneration) • Liverpool One (Mixed Use Project of the Year)

Royal Society of Ulster Architects Award • Victoria Square, Belfast (Award for Regeneration)

Retail Week Award • Union Square, Aberdeen (Shopping Location of the Year)

• Liverpool One (Shopping Location of the Year) • Boxpark, Croydon (Best Store for Food and Drink Award)

International Property Award • The Well, Toronto (Best Retail Architecture Canada) AJ100 Collaboration of the Year • Westgate, Oxford (Finalist) Mixology Award • Boxpark, Croydon (Finalist – Hospitality Interiors Project of the Year)

Garry Wilding Head of Retail

garry.wilding@bdp.com

Cover: The Well, Toronto, Canada

Photography: Nick Caville, Craig Auckland / Fotohaus, David Barbour, Ant Clausen, Doublespace Photography, Hufton + Crow, Roland Halbe, Philip Vile, Michael Whitestone, Terrence Zhang

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“ Focussing on place creation, community and sustainability, we draw on our understanding of the market, trends and changes in society to unlock and create urban developments of the highest quality.” Garry Wilding Head of Retail

We are forward thinking, progressive, and understand the market, trends, and societal changes