Countdown Begins for a New Shopping and Leisure Experience

FOUNDRY will be throwing open its doors to a new shopping and events experience and a fantastic mix of retail offers in The Beacon in September. 

Top gents’ barber Teddy Edwards has made a great name for itself in Brighton & Hove, and now has its sights firmly set on Eastbourne. It will be one of the anchor stores and will be open for business early September. 

Teddy’s celebrates its 10th anniversary next year. It has award-winning barber shops in Brighton, Hove and Worthing. Founder Alex Burt said a great destination for hair needed to be “a balance of brilliant customer experience and outstanding service.”

Also signed up is Tropic Coffee Co. Founder Howard Kaye explained: “Tropic prides itself on providing a perfectly blended cup of coffee using our hand selected beans carefully curated for Tropic. We will encourage our customers to scrap the age-old ‘Grab & Go’ concept and instead to slow down and take a few minutes to themselves, to reflect, to be aware of their surroundings and enjoy a freshly prepared cup of coffee.”

FOUNDRY is a joint initiative between Adam Walker and Beacon owners Legal & General Investment Management. 

Adam said he was delighted to be welcoming Teddy’s to the ground-floor retail and leisure area. “This award-winning barbers is an amazing vote of confidence in FOUNDRY. We are going to have a fantastic line-up of independent shops and traders when we open next month and will be introducing more great retail entrepreneurs throughout the summer.”

The ground floor level of FOUNDRY will be open to shoppers seven days a week. It will comprise ‘boutique’ stores for independent retailers to launch an idea in front of millions of shoppers that pass through The Beacon annually. The ‘Host’ or events spaces are now being programmed for pitches, product launches, corporate get-togethers and panel talks.

Adam and the team are reviewing applications from operators for the four health and wellbeing or treatment rooms. 

Adam is putting mental health at the top of his agenda. “There is much greater awareness today about the stresses and strains that we are under. I am passionate about being able to offer mental health support here at FOUNDRY and having Teddy Edwards in the community is a great start.”

Meanwhile, the co-working hub on the first floor has attracted huge interest across the Eastbourne business community. “Sixty per cent of the offices or studios are now occupied, and we are interviewing a number of local businesses about the remaining studios,” Adam said. 

If you would like to discuss desk and office space in FOUNDRY, head to www.foundryuk.com/eastbourne