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Churchill Square Opens in Brighton UK with IKEA City Store
November 13,
2023 by HFBusiness Staff in Business Strategy, Industry 
Churchill Square currently benefits from a quality mix of flagship retail and dining options that has traditionally attracted more than 11 million visitors annually. Retail tenants include Inditex, Apple, Next, H&M, Urban Outfitters and Levi’s alongside a food court with McDonald’s, Krispy Kreme and Ed’s Easy Diner. Ingka Centers has also acquired Chartwell Court, a residential tower block on the site, two attached car parks and a leasehold on a third car park.
The new IKEA City Store will open on the site of the former Debenhams and will mark the latest phase of IKEA’s ongoing transformation to become more accessible to customers. The new IKEA City Store will offer a wide array of the brand’s most loved products, with many available for immediate purchase or delivery via zero-emission vehicles.
Ingka Centers intends to develop Churchill Square’s strong retail fundamentals by adapting its retail offer to community needs and to invest in Churchill Place’s infrastructure to play a part in supporting Brighton and Hove City Council’s drive to establish a thriving local circular economy.
Future investments will include improvements to energy efficiency to bring the asset up to BREEAM excellent standards while a wider roadmap of initiatives is planned to reflect Ingka Centers global sustainability commitment.
Cindy Andersen, Ingka Centers’ Managing Director, said, “Brighton is known as a welcoming and progressive city, so it is a real privilege to take up responsibility for delivering a revitalized meeting place of which the many people can be truly proud.”
“We are excited to strengthen our portfolio with a well-established shopping destination in the heart of the vibrant and growing city of Brighton and Hove. It fits perfectly into our global expansion strategy, allowing us to transform a traditional retail space to a meeting place that is much more than just a place to shop.”
Peter Jelkeby, Country Retail Manager and Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA UK & Ireland said, “We continue to transform as we respond to our customers’ needs and dreams, today and tomorrow. As one of the most innovative and exciting markets in the world for retail and e-commerce, we will step up our omnichannel investments, both in Brighton and the rest of the country, with a simple goal: to become more customer centric, so that people can shop with us for a better, more sustainable life at home, whenever, wherever and however they choose.”