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Successful retail schemes that balance good design, stakeholder satisfaction and environmental consciousness are no easy task. Understanding retailer needs, working with developers, satisfying community requirements, promoting sustainability - retail developments in town and city centres need to work on a number of different levels and it is your job to get it right.
The rise in popularity of on-line shopping, coupled with the predicted economic downturn, means that retail needs to become a destination activity in order to attract sustainable consumer footfall for extended periods. Your schemes need to reflect and enable this.
Add to this the increasing need for mixed-use developments in high density areas, the threat of clone towns, the planning process, and the challenges begin to seem endless.
Building on the success of past retail conferences, Retail Regeneration and Development 2008 focuses on how these schemes can contribute and indeed pave the way for local regeneration. This is the chance to identify both opportunity and best practice in retail design.
This conference will address:
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Making places that attract the consumer and enhance the retail experience
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Marrying good design with urban retail schemes and sustainable development
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Retailer needs and how best to work with developers
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Design considerations for mixed use retail led schemes
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Stakeholder satisfaction and community needs
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Refurbishment and retro-fitting of existing retail stock
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Effective regeneration of a small town centre
Who should attend?
Architects, architectural technologists, architectural technicians, developers, local authority planners, urban designers, masterplanners, planning consultants, developers, housing associations, contractors, cost consultants, retailers, and clients from across the architecture and construction industry. |
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