This document discusses the role of retail in urban regeneration. It argues that retail can help revive towns by focusing on creating thriving commercial and social communities centered around meeting people's daily needs. Successful regeneration requires considering people over consumers and co-creating public spaces that encourage connectivity, walkability, and bring together services, learning spaces, and retailers in a sustainable way. When done right, retail can be at the heart of vibrant communities that people care about.

1. The Role of Retail
in
Urban Regeneration
Tim Greenhalgh
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer
@timghalgh @FITCHdesign

2. A short story about a
“Smooth Field”

3. an open grazing field
a public gathering space
a livestock market

4. “Smooth Field”

7. “Bull in a
China Shop”

8. people
events
market
retail

9. a thriving commercial
& social community

10. Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker

11. Betting shops, Charity shops, Pound shops
De-graded Town

12. The Portas Report
December 2011
A good foundation - a 28 point plan
“Town centre first”
Practical Issues - Parking/Safety/Accessibility
Flexibility - Red Tape/Concessions/Business Rates
Regulation - Greater power/Use Class/Intervention

13. CEO - Philip Clarke
Less than 12 Months Later
Oct 2012
Tesco profits fall for the first time in 20 years

14. 2012 Forward
‘Out of’ Towns? - large scale was no longer an advantage
Tesco to close 43 stores
and abandon a further 49 planned sites
Charteris - Cambridgeshire

15. 2015
‘Back to’ Towns - ‘Local’ is the new scale
Crouch End - London

16. 2015
‘Back to’ Towns - ‘Local’ is the new scale
within 200 yards
Tesco Express
Budgens
Waitrose
M&S Simply Food
Crouch End - London

17. 2015
‘Back to’ Towns - ‘Local’ is the new scale
within 200 yards
Tesco Express
Budgens
Waitrose
M&S Simply Food
Crouch End - London
Homogeneous

18. Crouch End - London

19. Crouch End - London
Looking
Inward

20. Dead
Shops
Out of
Town
Back to
Town

21. More
Shops…or ?

22. New Retail Thinking
Encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship
Long term solutions (Portas) - Conserving cultural and community heritage

23. WHERE DO WE START?

24. WHERE DO WE START?
PEOPLE

25. PEOPLE
A PLACE FOR
CITIZENS NOT CONSUMERS
WHERE DO WE START?

26. BUT
PEOPLE LIKE SHOPPING
GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE
BEING AROUND OTHERS
HAVING A NEIGHBOURHOOD
WANT TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY
WHERE DO WE START?

27. Cadillac Sq - Detroit
Civic Planning
Planning & Connectivity
Human Flow - Walkability
Transportation & Access
Diverse & Sustainable Initiatives
Quality Urban Design
A Sense of ‘usable’ Space
Color
Furniture
Natural features

28. Cadillac Sq - Detroit Peckham Library - London
Civic Planning
Planning & Connectivity
Human Flow - Walkability
Transportation & Access
Diverse & Sustainable Initiatives
Quality Urban Design
A Sense of ‘usable’ Space
Color
Furniture
Natural features
Services
The needs of civilians
Valuable spaces
Health care
Post Office/C&C
Learning spaces
Galleries/Libraries
Community Centres

29. Retail
AN NEW URBAN IDEA
WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE?
Cadillac Sq - Detroit Peckham Library - LondonKingston Market place
Civic Planning
Planning & Connectivity
Human Flow - Walkability
Transportation & Access
Diverse & Sustainable Initiatives
Quality Urban Design
A Sense of ‘usable’ Space
Color
Furniture
Natural features
Services
The needs of civilians
Valuable spaces
Health care
Post Office/C&C
Learning spaces
Galleries/Libraries
Community Centres

30. Places that people
care about James Howard Kunstler

31. NOT…BULLS IN SHOPS

32. CO-CREATION
CITIZENS
SMALL/INDEPENDENT RETAILERS
BIG RETAILERS
DEVELOPERS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
LOCAL AUTHORITIES

33. A THRIVING
COMMUNITY
WITH RETAIL AT ITS HEART