TriangleRegion Locations MR2020

Location descriptions | Triangle Region – Market Report 2020

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Retail

Vejle Supported by its greater population numbers and size, Vejle has a thriving retail market. Recent stores include Joe & The Juice, Rituals and Eventyrsport. The two shopping centres Mary’s and Bryggen, both constructed in 2008, occupy either end of the high- street market in Vejle. Mary’s currently has approx 7,000 sq m retail, but is undergoing remodelling to accommodate residential units on the top floor. In addition, the existing roof is to be removed to create a pedestrian street, Paladspassagen. The much larger Bryggen has approx 21,000 sq m retail space. In 2017, the visitor count was 3.3 million at Bryggen, where Kvickly and H&M are anchor tenants. Finally, Vejle’s Michelin-star restau- rant MeMu deserves mention. Together with the other restaurants in Vejle, MeMu has improved the town’s gastronomic scene. Kolding The retail scene in Kolding is divided between the city centre and the Kolding Storcenter shopping mall. Retail in the city centre is focused around the main pedestrian shopping street. The area is experiencing stable development and demand, although to a certain extent feeling the adverse effects of Kolding Storcenter and a lower level of urbanisa- tion/densification compared to other cities. Prime high-street rents around the pedes- trian streets of Jernbanegade and Helligkorsgade have increased, while the rent level for secondary locations has remained stable. Kolding Storcenter has 124 stores distributed on 60,000 sq m retail space, making it the region’s by far largest shopping mall, drawing in both local and regional clientele. In 2017, Kolding Storcenter had approx 5.5 million visitors. Fredericia Retail in Fredericia is centred on the main pedestrian shopping street and is character- ised by attracting primarily local clientele. Due to the smaller city size and lower diversity of stores, shoppers often take to one of the neighbouring cities. In addition, competition from the two regional shopping centres in Kolding and Odense is substantial. Nevertheless, the central high-street market of Fredericia offers a good selection of shops around Danmarksgade and Gothersgade. The addition of Michelin-star restau- rant Ti Trin Ned has done much to improve the city’s identity in general and gastronomic scene in particular. Similar to Kolding and Fredericia, Vejle has a large out-of-town retail district anchored by hypermarket Bilka, which attracts customers to several big box outlets along Horsensvej.