St. Davids Shopping Centre

Yes, Sephora confirmed for MSU08. Great letting, just a shame about the unit chosen.

UK Sephora stores are on the smaller size, whilst the previous VS / H&M unit is northwards of 20,000 sq ft.

Existing UK Sephora stores are in the 5,000 - 7,000 sq ft region: Newcastle’s Eldon Square (6,515 sq ft), Gateshead Metrocentre (6,180 sq ft), Manchester Trafford Centre (5,382 sq ft), Manchester Arndale (7,300 sq ft), Bullring Birmingham (4,925 sq ft), Bluewater (4,593 sq ft) and Liverpool One (6,727 sq ft).

Assuming they follow the same store design and footprint of existing UK Sephora stores, it’s likely most of the unit will be unused, which is disappointing.

In an ideal world, I would’ve liked to have seen Superdry relocate from LG17/18/19/20 to the unit previously occupied by Morphe (UG37) and their unit subdivided into LG17/18 and LG19/20. I can’t foresee Superdry sustaining an 11,000 sq ft unit for much longer. Sephora could’ve taken one of these subdivided units and Victoria Secret could’ve potentially taken the other, remaining in the centre in a unit more aligned to their new store requirements.

Cosmeticsbusiness.com have reported the store will occupy “4,672 sq ft of retail space”, making it the second smallest Sephora store in the UK, despite occupying the largest unit in their UK portfolio. Very strange indeed.

Sephora have submitted their signage application for MSU08 & UG44. The design statement pack confirms that the unit will be single level and subdivided at the front. The total unit size of this subdivided unit will be 6,533 sq ft, with front of house occupying 4,728 sq ft of space. The construction phase is due to commence in August and will last 12 weeks. November 27th has been earmarked as the store opening date.

I wonder what will happen to the back half of the unit. It’ll be no use to the tenants directly below (Laings & Breitling). Could we see Laings relocated to accommodate Uniqlo? All of Uniqlo’s store openings outside of London are located outdoors, even when located apart of shopping centres…

That unit has been through a lot of remodelling. When theSD extension first opened it was H&M, which occupied the Hayes facing unit on the ground floor and the first and second floors facing the arcade, all linked by escalators. That could be on the cards again but without the arcade adjacent Sephora unit.

What was in the Victoria's Secret unit after H&M, I forget?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jd-sports-open-huge-two-31740345?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1748448343

JD Sports isn’t opening until Spring 2026 according to this WoL article. A few other bits about upcoming store openings in there as well.

Charles Tyrwhitt are advertising job roles in Cardiff, suggesting they’re due to open a store in the city. St. David’s would be the obvious location but can’t think of a suitable unit that’s currently available… potentially the old Morphe on the Upper Grand Arcade?

Yes opening in November so hopefully not replacing an existing retailer on ground floor. It would be nice to see the upper level units near John Lewis finally occupied

Lego are relocating to a larger store within St. David's. WoL: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/ ... 6a830cfb4b

Lego are relocating to a larger store within St. David's. WoL: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/ ... 6a830cfb4b

Yes, Lego are relocating to LG08 (next door to the left). This unit previously formed part of Clas Ohlson.

St Davids centre has posted on their social media that Hollywood Bowl will be opening in the shopping centre in early 2026. Seems a saturated market already to me