Retail

Deacon and Jones were the QS on 2 of the first large Out of Town Shopping Centres – Meadowhall Sheffield, The Trafford Centre, Manchester. Since then we have completed many other new build shopping centres and Retail Parks.

Manchester Road, Burnley LIDL Shell Store

April 2025 is the Target Completion date of a new LIDLShell Superstore in Burnley Town Centre.

Developed with Burnley Council and Maple Grove Developments.

This was a Brownfield Development site, re-purposed to a new use.

Existing former Cinema building demolished in preparation for a new build LIDL store.

External surface level car park and paved Public Realm, link to a new signalised junction.

D&J have acted as Quantity Surveyor and Employer’s Agent on this £4M development.

Barton Square, Trafford Centre, Manchester

Expansion to the existing Barton Square development by opening up the first floor to create approximately 110,000 sq ft of additional retail / leisure units and a first-floor mall walkway. The works include covering the existing open air mall with a giant barrel-vaulted glass roof with centre feature dome. In addition, the internal space is to be completely refurbished including new marble floor finishes to the mall and courtyard, new toilet accommodation, feature glazed lift and escalators, painted murals and feature lighting. Additional carparking spaces are also incorporated by extending and adapting the existing Barton Square carpark.
DATE: 2017
VALUE: £50m
SIZE: Size: 110,000 sq ft
CLIENT: Barton Square Ltd. (Peel Holdings)
CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECT: Chapman Taylor Partnership
IMPLEMENTATION ARCHITECT: Leach Rhodes Walker Ltd.
QS: Deacon and Jones LLP
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Mott MacDonald
SERVICES ENGINEER: RPS Gregory

St. Stephens, Ferensway, Hull, UK

553,500 Sq.Ft (51,520 Sq.M) Mixed Retail and Leisure Development. Anchor Tenants Tesco, Peel Cinema, Next. Albermarle Music Centre. Holiday Express Hotel. Cost £97,000,000.
CLIENT: ING
IMPLEMENTATION ARCHITECT: Holder Mathias Architects
QS: Deacon and Jones LLP
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: White Young Green
CONTRACTOR: BAM (NE)

Trafford Centre, Manchester, UK

The Trafford Centre Retail and Leisure Development now embraces approximately 1.7 million sq ft of shopping and leisure units accessible via granite and marble paved boulevards finished and decorated with the highest quality materials and flooded with natural light from the continuous expansive roof-lights. The Trafford Centre is situated five miles outside Manchester City Centre between junctions 9 and 10 on the M60 and is a major tourist attraction in the North West. As one of the UK’s leading shopping and leisure destinations the Trafford Centre attracts almost 30 million visitors per annum and provides 10,000 free car parking spaces at grade and deck levels together with excellent public transport links. Major anchor tenants include Selfridges, John Lewis, Debenhams and Marks and Spencer. The Orient leisure and dining area is the largest of its kind in Europe and is home to a 20 screen Cinema and 36 restaurants and fast food eateries.
QS: Deacon and Jones

Meadowhall

Built between 1987-1990, Meadowhall in Sheffield was one of the first major out-of-town shopping centres. The Meadowhall Centre was built on former steel works, and has successfully regenerated this area of Sheffield. Ideally located off junction 34 of the M1 motorway, Meadowhall has been attracting customers for approaching 20 years. Anchor tenants from the centre’s opening to the current date include Debenhams, House of Fraser and Marks and Spencer. Over 1 million square feet of retail accommodation, and providing free parking for over 10,000 cars, Meadowhall offers both a retail and leisure destination. Deacon and Jones acted as Quantity Surveyor on the original construction, and has been actively involved since in extensions, refurbishments, new build works.
QS: Deacon and Jones LLP

Midsummer Place, Milton Keynes, UK

We completed the £170 million, 40,000 sq m, Midsummer Place project on behalf of ING in 2000. The £60 million extension and linking scheme to the existing Milton Keynes shopping centre, was developed on behalf of pension fund USS. The scheme features 55 retail units housed in two extended double-height malls, linked by a transverse mall at the southern end where a Debenhams anchor store is located. The scheme also features the 75m-wide Midsummer Boulevard, which links the new development to the old. D&J acted as Quantity Surveyor on the award-winning scheme.
QS: Deacon and Jones
CONCEPT ARCHITECT: GMW
IMPLEMENTATION ARCHITECT: Greig + Stephenson Architects
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR: Bovis

Widnes Retail Park

Deacon and Jones LLP are delighted to again represent Stadium Developments, in providing Quantity Surveying/Employers Agent services for this exciting edge of town new build retail park. The new park with major anchors in M&S, Boots, Next, BHS, opened March 2010.
DEVELOPER/LANDLORD: Stadium (Widnes) Ltd
QS/EA: Deacon and Jones LLP
ARCHITECT: Architecture
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: JPG
SERVICES ENGINEER: Capita Symonds
CONTRACTOR: Marshall Construction (West Yorkshire) Ltd

Prestatyn Retail Park

New Build Retail park completed in 2013 for Stadium Developments. The Park comprised a Tesco Supermarket of 75,000sq ft, and a Retail Terrace with total GIA of circa 103,000 sq ft including stores for M&S, Next, and Boots. The works alos required Highway improvement works in the Town Centre, and a new Primary Substation built on site. Total Project Value circa £25M.
DATE: Completed 2013
SIZE: 178,000sq ft
VALUE: £25m
ROLE: QS/EA

Pemberton Retail Park

New build retail park constructed on remediated brown field site, adjacent the site of the Llanelli Scarlets new Rugby Stadium. 125,000 sq ft park with major anchor tenants of Homebase, Currys, Comet, Halfords and Dunhelm. Stand-alone restaurant offer: Frankie and Bennys. Completed April 2008. Construction cost £12M.
DEVELOPER: Stadium Llanelli LLP
EA/QS: Deacon and Jones LLP
ARCHITECT: DLA Architecture
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: JPG

Parc Trostre Retail Park

Refurbishment and various extensions to “live” retail park – carried out from 2005 to present day (2010). Full front façade refurbishment scheme, including envelope repairs as needed. Various tenant swaps and unit splitting to suit the retail marketplace. New build extensions created new units for M&S, BHS, Boots, Arcadia and TK Maxx. Other major anchors include Next, Debenhams, Asda Living. On site Health and Fitness club and sports offer from DW Sports. On site Catering offer from Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Subway. Construction costs combined in excess of £20M.
DEVELOPER: Stadium Retail Investments (2003) Ltd
EA/QS: Deacon and Jones LLP
ARCHITECT: DLA Architecture
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: JPG