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Principles, Warehouse, Billabong and Jeff Banks have signed up as the latest fashion brands to join The OUTLET at Bridgewater Park, Banbridge, Northern Ireland. Principles has taken Unit 21, comprising 3,702 sq ft (344 sq m) which will include a Shoe Studio concession, and Warehouse has taken unit 22, totalling 1,786 sq ft (166 sq m) at the 205,000 sq ft (19,045 sq m) retail outlet scheme. Also to join is sportswear and casual clothing retailer Billabong, taking Unit 11, totalling 2,454 sq ft (228 sq m), and BMB Clothing, trading as Jeff Banks in the 1,141 sq ft (106 sq m) Unit 51. Joanne Skilton, commercial director of GML Estates, comments: "The tenant mix is really coming together now with these deals following hot on the heels of fashion brands Jaeger and Puma, and Dean’s Deli, the final catering offer. "We are working closely with the letting agents and directly with the retailers to secure the best tenant mix where retailers will complement each other’s offer and provide the perfect shopping experience." Following the leasing successes and the culmination of a meticulously planned construction schedule, the official opening date for The OUTLET at Bridgewater Park has now been brought forward to Tuesday 3rd April. Retailers already signed up to The OUTLET include Nike, Replay, Ghost, Joseph, Gap, The Designer Studio, Marks & Spencer, Olsen, Oasis, Nitya and Ravel. The £70 million retail outlet centre, which comprises 80 retail units arranged in a curved design stretching one third of a mile, is being jointly developed by GML Estates, its parent Orana Group and Land Securities. The OUTLET is the first phase of the 1.2 million sq ft (111,480 sq m) Bridgewater Park scheme. The second phase will include a 430,571 sq ft (40,000 sq m) retail park which already has planning permission, 2,000 more parking spaces to serve the retail site, a 60 bedroom hotel, drive-thru restaurant and petrol filling station, bringing the completed investment value to over £200 million. Markham Vaughan Gillingham (MVG) and DTZ McCombe Pierce are joint letting agents for The OUTLET.

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Source : Property Mall, 26th March 2007