London West End Property - Carnaby Street

Shaftesbury’s Carnaby village is centred on the eponymous and World famous Carnaby Street and the eleven surrounding streets, the majority of which are pedestrianised.

Carnaby Street became an internationally recognised destination for youth fashion and culture in the 1960s. From the late 1970s through to the mid 1990s, Carnaby remained an important destination for tourists, but became dominated by shops selling souvenirs and cheap clothing.

Shaftesbury acquired the majority of its current holdings in 1997, and has revitalised the area, building on its original reputation of youth fashion and all things related. Shaftesbury’s policy is to encourage new retail brands and concepts, which are aimed at the fashion-conscious. These can be either the flagship stores of major international brands, or independent retailers with maybe only one outlet. The wide variety of unit sizes across the village make this mix possible. Shaftsbury actively discourages traditional “high street multiples”.

Carnaby’s retail is complemented by a wide range of bars and restaurants throughout the village – again with an emphasis on individual operators rather than “chain” formats.

Many of the offices in the village are occupied by fashion retailers as well as media businesses, who recognise the creative vitality for which the area is synonymous.

London West End Property- Chinatown

Chinatown is unique in its concentration of restaurants and central location, close to Piccadilly Circus between the theatres and cinemas on Shaftesbury Avenue and Leicester Square. The area is noted for its high visitor numbers and long trading hours, with many restaurants open seven days a week and through the night.

Chinatown is home to a wide range of Far Eastern cuisine, with many varieties of regional cooking from mainland China, complemented by restaurants offering Thai, Malaysian, Cantonese, Japanese and Indonesian cuisine. In addition, there is a flourishing trade in Chinese and other East Asian produce and products, for both the restaurants and the public.

Many ancillary businesses, such as lawyers, accountants, health and fashion are located in the area to service the needs of the local community.

Shaftesbury is encouraging ever greater diversity in the range of food available in the area, and is working with local businesses and Westminster City Council to invest in the local environment to enhance the area’s long – established appeal.
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London West End Property- Covent Garden

Seven Dials comprises a seventeenth century network of streets, courtyards and warehouse buildings radiating from the central sundial monument just off Neal Street in Covent Garden. It is characterised by an eclectic mix of shops, restaurants, bars, theatres and hotels and also houses the largest residential community of all our villages. Each street within Seven Dials has its own unique atmosphere with its mix of high end fashion boutiques and quirky independant stores. Neal’s Yard is renowned as the birthplace of alternative therapies and treatments in the UK and to this day comprises a colourful collection of buildings which act as a focus for alternative medicine, organic treatments, pilates, yoga and vegetarian restaurants.

Opera Quarter comprises four interconnecting streets adjacent to Covent Garden Market and Piazza and in the heart of Theatreland, with seven major theatres containing 9,500 seats in the immediate vicinity and 5 major hotels close by. This is Covent Garden’s food quarter. Virtually all ground floor frontages are either restaurants or specialist food related operators and delis.

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