Victoria Gate at full occupancy for first time since opening as ‘festivities commence’

Victoria Leeds looks forward to an “action-packed” festive period with all units fully let for the first time since Victoria Gate opened in 2016. A host of new tenants will occupy permanent or temporary residence between now and Christmas.

Victoria Leeds will see eight new openings between October and December, from luxe lingerie to premium home décor and fine spirits.

Home decor experts Cox & Cox will be moving into the Victoria Quarter in November, offering accessories, furniture, and soft furnishings, as well as all the accessories needed to “ring in the festive feelings at home”.

Purveyors of fine spirits, Wolfe Bros of Yorkshire will be opening a temporary pop-up in the Victoria Quarter for the festive season for a second year, selling their unique artisanal gins, with flavours ranging from Pear & Fig to Orange & Bergamot.

Owners of Leeds’ highest-rated salon, Allertons, will open a branch in Victoria Gate in November. It will offer hairdressing, massage, facials, body treatments, hair removal, manicures, pedicures, and brow and lash services. They also sell skincare, haircare, and wellbeing products.

Lingerie experts Pour Moi will be opening Victoria Gate in November, a brand “powered by passion and playfulness”, and which prides itself on catering to customers of every size.

Bringing more than 40 local makers, artisanal, and small business to Victoria Gate, Curated Makers’ temporary pop-up brings indie to the high street, allowing these small businesses high street retail opportunity, and to bring new products to the shoppers of Leeds.

A charity with a mission to bring young people to their full potential through digital tech, Raspberry Pi’s “pioneering” single-board computers teach the basics of coding and computing in an “affordable, approachable way”. It will be opening a temporary store in Victoria Gate this month.

Another temporary pop-up, Libations will open a store in Victoria Gate this month. Founded in 2019, Libations is Yorkshire’s original run company. It is on a mission to showcase rum that’s distilled, blended, and bottled in the UK. It also independently bottles rum from “some of the globe’s finest distilleries” via its Cask Reserve Series.

The newly trained Guest Excellence Team will be offering special, personalised services such as hands-free shopping to Victoria Leeds guests through the festive period. As well as giving customers navigation support, advice, and assistance.

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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