A consortium led by CUSP has completed the £100m redevelopment of the K Village outlet mall in Kendal.

Renamed The Lakes Outlet, K Village is the only outlet shopping centre and only the second retail centre to open in the UK in 2010. The unique sshopping and leisure complex situated in the heart of the UK’s second largest tourism market aims to attract over 1.5 million visitors and up to 4,000 coaches annually.

K Village is a mixed-use development comprising over 80,000 sq ft of premium factory outlet space, restaurants and cafés, over 400 underground car parking spaces, tourist facilities, a heritage centre, 25,000 sq ft of offices and 90 luxury riverside apartments.

Over 80 per cent let and anchored by a major Clarks store, K Village’s tenant line-up also includes Alexon, Double Two, Klass, Lakeland Leather, ProCook, Whittards of Chelsea, Pavers, Staccatos, All Wellan Good, The Works, Mountain Warehouse, Bedeck, Cotton Traders, Domo, Denby, Julian Graves and Cadbury. Costa Coffee and Moes Grill are just two of the names leading the catering offer.

Source : www.shopping-centre.co.uk, 29 July, 2010