Leslie Jones has extensive experience of designing and managing the refurbishment of existing retail centres. Projects now need to be asset management led with clear strategies on tenant mix and future positioning based on real tenant requirements.

This requires highly creative thinking to deliver the type of space that modern tenants require. We need to increase their competitiveness and efficiency and find ways of integrating new uses such as leisure, restaurants, hotels, health and fitness centres and community facilities.

The objective is to increase income and value by improving unit configurations and accessing redundant areas and air space, along with physically upgrading the environment and management facilities to satisfy current expectations.

LAKESIDE, THURROCK - Capital Shopping Centres
The refurbishment of Lakeside regional shopping centre is one of the largest refurbishment projects carried out. The improvements have included the replacement of all internal finishes, vertical circulation, new lighting and rebranding - all carried out during the continuous trading of the centre. Additional tenant mix improvements are being carried out on a rolling asset management programme including the break up of the former Alders and a new pavilion of restaurant facilities being created on the lakeside, replacing the previous retail floorspace with the newly branded Lakeside Boardwalk.