Local commercial property landlords Orbit Developments have announced two retail lettings making its retail portfolio in Wilmslow town centre fully let.
The new deals have taken place with restaurants Oro Foods and Sotto which are both due to open in Wilmslow town centre in early 2018.
Oro Foods will be opening an Italian tapas restaurant called Casa Italia and aim to bring an authentic Italian cuisine to the town complete with deli counter stocked with traditional Italian foods and brands.
They will be located on Alderley Road in the ground floor property which was previously let to Cook & Baker.
This will be the second outlet for Oro Foods, with their first restaurant located in Didsbury.
Managing Director for Orbit Developments, Tony Jones commented on the news: "An agreement has been reached with Oro foods, which will be opening shortly demonstrating the demand for vacant units in Wilmslow with a landlord that takes a commercial approach to re-marketing and engaging with potential new occupiers to open their facility in Wilmslow adding to the growing and emerging café culture."
The second letting to Sotto restaurant will see the former Samsi restaurant on Wilmslow Green transformed into a Spanish and Italian themed fusion eatery totalling 1,480 sq ft and spread over two floors. Sotto is scheduled to open next month.
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New restraunt with no worries about getting back and too.OK yes.x.
So pleased Orbit will have a bit of cash coming in - wonder how long that will last?
Take a look at the header picture for the article, that's Wareham Street (or maybe it should be renamed Jones' Corner).
Wake up and smell the coffee (pardon the pun), if you want to use these units during the day, parking is a nightmare, even at weekends.
If this is the standard you are going to hold every shop, cafe, restaurant or anything else to, you may as well just give up on the town and develop Handforth Dean more, as virtually none of the units on Grove Street, Church Street, Alderley Road, Water Lane, Chapel Lane or any of the shopping areas offer any parking at all by virtue of those streets predating mass car ownership. This restaurant will actually have a few spaces which is instantly more than almost all in Wilmslow.
I wish these two well although I won't be a guinea pig and will wait for reports before a possible visit. However longevity is unlikely.
I don't understand this idea of "genuine" retail. I don't think there are many shops in the middle of Wilmslow where you can pop in for a bag of assorted screws or four candles. Those days are long gone, and there are still some excellent shops to be found further out of town on Chapel Lane for example. It's time to wake up and smell the hugely expensive coffee and accept that Wilmslow is a destination town where people come for a coffee, a beer and a spot of lunch, with some window shopping and an occasional purchase at Hoopers. Wilmslow is a busy little town, with people spending money, on this basis, and long may it continue. And we are no different to Didsbury, Bramhall, Poynton or any other affluent town or village in the UK.
The retail points are made to indicate that - yes - those who have come to drink/eat will do so but the shoppers who have come to shop won't be there to drink/eat.
More restaurants and bars are always a welcome addition to boost Wilmslow's night-time economy.
Look forward to visiting!
I do however look forward to the arrival of two new eateries as I believe that the right offering in the right place can be successful - I think the Wood Fire Pizza place on Water Lane appears to be proving the point.
On your second point, I would be very suprised if people shopping in Wilmslow are disappointed with their shop. I'm pretty certain no-one rocks up from outside of town to buy groceries. People come here for the experience, a meal and if they are lucky, a beer. I have friends who come from miles away simply for that. They buy their carrots at Tesco.
I really don't see how you have concluded they have a "poor plan" from what we know. The article states one of them already has a restaurant in Didsbury, so they must know what they are doing. I'm assuming you speak from experience from running restaurants yourself? I say give them a chance, let them turn a decent profit and have many happy, satisfied customers.
There were a succession of restaurants up here in Summerfields Village over the years on the corner of Ringstead Drive.
Sadly none seem to have worked. The last closed within a few months and it is now a very smart & large charity shop.
During the day there's no doubt that car parking is very difficult for all the local retailers. That might have been part of the problem ? Possibly because also we are not town centre ?
Regards,
Martin
There's a handful of "carvery"-pubs around about who will do those Sunday roasts at about a fiver - or less! - so you can always try them.
Thankfully I rarely eat out, I think I've watched too many "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" - but I've enjoyed reading some of these sometimes amusing comments!