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Property

25: HOUSING
26: HOUSE PRICES
27: HOUSE BUYER ORIGINS / DESTINATIONS
28: NON-DOMESTIC PROPERTY
29: RETAILING
30: OFFICES
31: LICENSED PREMISES
32: GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES
47: LAND USE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES AND HERITAGE
48: AGRICULTURE (EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS)
49: VACANT AND DERELICT LAND

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29: RETAILING

EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH sources
/ notes
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Retail rentals
Edinburgh City Centre (*1) £225 £240 £220 £220 £220 £220 £220 £220 £ / sq.ft.
.. relative to average for major UK (*2) 0.92 0.93 0.89 0.89 0.88 0.84 0.83 0.81
regional city centres
Retail rental growth
Edinburgh City Centre (*1) 0.00% 6.70% -8.30% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
.. relative to average for Scottish cities 0.27 0.75
Shopping centre investment yields (*3)
.. Princes Street 4.75% 5.00% 5.50% 5.25% 5.25% 4.75% 4.65% 4.50%
.. Gyle 5.50% 5.50% 5.75% 5.50% 5.50% 5.50% 5.50% 4.50%
.. Cameron Toll 6.75% 6.75% 6.75% 6.50% 6.50% 6.50% 6.25% 5.25%
City centre yield relative to average (*4) 0.99 1.03 1.1 1.03 1.04 0.94 0.98 1.02
for major UK regional city centres
Edinburgh's ranking as a shopping centre :
(1) In-town retail rentals (Colliers ..) (*5) 15 14 22 25 27 27 28 28
(2) Retail range & quality (Experian/Goad) (*6) 12 12 12 14 16 n/a n/a n/a
(3) Retail hierarchy (Mgt. Horizons) (*7) 6 3
(4) Retailer requirements (Focus) (*8) 9 12 10 10 7 9 14 25
(5) Retail prospects (Bus. Strat.) (*9) 28 21
(6) Retailer assessment (Ger. Eve) (*10) 7 9
(7) Retail market potential (CACI) (*11) 10 25 26 25 24
(8) Retail fashionability (Javelin) (*12) 5 7 3
Retailer requirements (in-town) (*13)
Number of retailers looking for site 106 107 136 112 108 117 117 117
Total floorspace requirement 48,823 54,909 68,084 68,867 67,722 68,407 106,536 78,589 sq.m. gross
Development pipeline
Major new applications (floorspace) (*14) 31,000 35,000 40,000 39,000 60,000 sq.m. gross
Major consents (floorspace) (*15) 25,000 24,000 21,000 14,000 36,000 sq.m. gross
Major completions (floorspace) (*15) 31,000 25,000 34,000 26,000 7,000 sq.m. gross

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SCOTLAND sources
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Retail rentals
Average for Edinburgh , Glasgow, (*1) £161 £164 £172 £177 £181 £184 £189 £ / sq.ft.
Aberdeen & Dundee
Average rental growth for Edin, 7.30% 1.90% 4.80% 2.10% 1.90% 2.60%
Glasgow, Aberdeen & Dundee
Development pipeline (*2)
Major new applications (floorspace) 363,000 565,000 495,000 562,000 623,000 sq.m. gross
Major consents (floorspace) 508,000 325,000 227,000 377,000 470,000 sq.m. gross

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