'Prominent High Street unit' put on market after store closure

Following a brand’s move to atria Watford, a High Street unit is available for another business to swoop in.

The town’s former Choice store has been placed on the market by commercial property specialists Brasier Freeth.

Its £70,000 per year listing boasts being in a “prominent High Street location” between M&S and Primark and highlights how quickly it has come back on the market after becoming vacant.

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The brochure says its rateable value from April 2024 is £33,000, and that the “standard retail unit”, with a ground floor sales floor and basement ancillary areas, will be available for a new brand to take over from mid-July.

Choice's High Street store closed when the brand opened a Choice Fashion & Home Outlet location in atria Watford’s lower mall level last Thursday (June 27).

The new Choice Fashion and Home Outlet in atria Watford. (Image: Choice)

It joined Peacocks, Bonmarché, Poundland, and Dunelm in the shopping centre’s former John Lewis unit which was divided up after the department store closed in 2020.

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