In the restaurant industry, opening new stores is often seen as a success in itself. More often than not, it is the expansion of an exciting new brand rather than the efficient management of an estate that grabs the industry headlines. But for big national operators, disposing of properties within a portfolio can be part of a bold strategy, securing success for the future. Here,… Read more
Restaurants and bars for sale in London can be divided into three categories. Everyone in the leisure property industry will recognise these categories as essential to the prospects and potential of those properties. As a landlord looking for business success, it’s imperative to know how your properties fit into them. Doing so is essential to finding the right restaurant operation for your property. Primary Restaurant… Read more
One of the biggest restaurant trends in London’s restaurant market is the rejection of a wide-ranging menu in favour of narrow range of dishes. Whereas previously, restaurants competed to offer variety, selling dishes covering numerous styles and cuisines, now many operators are now narrowing down their menus: narrowing not merely to one style, but often to one key dish or even ingredient. Here we explain… Read more
How best to market your restaurant is a question of utmost importance in the competitive London leisure property industry. With competition more intense than ever before, our London restaurant property experts give a deep analysis of the key ingredients for restaurant marketing success. How Competitive Is the Capital? So just how competitive has London become? In a word, extremely. Cuisines from all corners of the… Read more
(Photo courtesy of Andina) We work very closely with restaurant property landlords to help them find the right operators to work with. Our restaurant property agents are experts in recognising successful operations and finding them premier locations with trusted landlords. This means being able to see what makes a good restaurant a good business. Here we will share three hot restaurant brands, examining just what… Read more
Our partners and top industry players Giuliano Lotto, Tom Knight and David Moore share their experience working with Restaurant Property. Giuliano Lotto’s most recent project is Il Baretto, a fine Italian restaurant in Marylebone. He worked with Gordon Ramsay at Aubergine and has been director of A-Z Restaurants. Like Restaurant Property, Giuliano has worked closely with the Waney family. Tom Knight is Commercial Director… Read more
This is our final entry in the Across the Zones series to cover London. We have looked at the bold operators moving into Zone 1’s hot properties, examined the up-and-coming restaurants of Zone 2 and the property hubs around Zone 3 that serve commuter communities on evenings and weekends. In our final London-focussed piece, we cover those self-contained property clusters focussed around historic cultural centres: the… Read more
South London’s leisure property appeal has grown substantially over the last ten years. Here, our London restaurant property specialists will examine just what is making South London an attractive prospect for top-end luxury investments as well as more informal, through decidedly upmarket, leisure concepts. Nine Elms London leisure loves nothing more than a landmark. Battersea Power Station is onto Phase 4A of its redevelopment project,… Read more