JD Sports looks to continue retail park expansion
23rd January 2025 | Jack Oliver
JD Sports is actively seeking suitable units as it looks to continue expanding in retail park locations.
The retailer is looking to open 10 new retail park stores a year, with ideal units ranging between 6,000 and 10,000 sq ft, with 2,000 sq ft at mezzanine level.
JD Sports – which trades from 110 out-of-town stores – has already committed to a new opening in Giltbrook Shopping Park, Nottingham and an upsize in Gallions Reach Shopping Park, Beckton, which will open in March and July respectively.
After opening 25 new stores between 2021 and 2023, the sports fashion retailer opened eight new retail park stores in 2024. These were located in:
- Interchange Retail Park, Bedford
- Blackpool Retail Park, Blackpool
- The Croft Retail & Leisure Park (upsize), Bromborough
- Broughton Shopping Park (upsize), Chester
- Tollgate Centre, Colchester
- Cleveland Retail Park, Middlesbrough
- St James Retail Park, Sheffield
- Morfa Shopping Park, Swansea
James Potter at Park Place Retail has been retained by JD Sports to find suitable locations.