Gallagher Retail Park Sustainability
Gallagher Shopping Park is one of the West Midlands’ leading retail and leisure destinations. Since originating and acquiring the asset in 2014, Quadrant has delivered a comprehensive transformation programme through strategic asset management, investment and development initiatives, helping establish the scheme as a dominant regional retail destination.
Over the past decade, the Park has evolved through the reconfiguration and subdivision of existing units, attracting a strong mix of national retailers and leisure operators. Quadrant has also delivered new fully pre-let retail and F&B accommodation, alongside a range of ongoing asset management initiatives designed to enhance customer experience, drive footfall and create long-term value. These efforts have contributed to a 21% uplift in net operating income since 2018.
Alongside its commercial success, the Park is committed to delivering positive social and environmental outcomes. Through community partnerships, health and wellbeing initiatives, biodiversity projects and local engagement programmes, the scheme continues to create lasting benefits for both visitors and the surrounding community.
Supporting Health and Wellbeing
Gallagher Shopping Park provides a platform for healthcare providers, community organisations and public sector partners to engage directly with local residents. Working with local public health teams and the NHS, the Park has hosted mobile health units offering flu and COVID-19 vaccinations, blood pressure monitoring and cholesterol checks, alongside supporting campaigns such as Stoptober to promote healthier lifestyles. The Park has also demonstrated its commitment to community resilience by supporting emergency response efforts during a local water supply disruption affecting approximately 8,000 homes, providing space for water tankers and helping facilitate access to essential supplies.
- Birmingham
- Location
- 230,000
- sq ft
- Hana Financial Group
- Capital partners
- Current
- Status
Delivering Social Value Through Partnership
Collaboration is central to the Park’s approach to social value. Working alongside local authorities, charities and community organisations, the Park supports initiatives focused on community safety, crime prevention and public engagement.
This includes supporting the Offending2Recovery programme, which works to reduce addiction-related offending through intervention and support services, as well as hosting Crime Prevention Surgeries that provide residents and businesses with practical advice on personal and community safety.
The Park has also actively participated in the Safer 6 Campaign, bringing together local organisations to raise awareness of community issues and connect residents with support services. In addition, Gallagher Shopping Park supports the Freedom From Fear campaign, helping raise awareness of violence and abuse towards retail workers and promoting safer retail environments.
As a member of the Town Link radio network, the Park works closely with neighbouring businesses and local partners to help maintain a safe, connected and welcoming environment for visitors and occupiers alike.
Investing in Biodiversity and Education
Environmental stewardship forms a key part of Gallagher Shopping Park’s long-term sustainability strategy. Through partnerships with local schools and community organisations, the Park has delivered biodiversity improvements that provide both ecological and educational benefits.
Working with Wood Green Academy, students have participated in planting projects across the site, helping transform landscaping areas through the introduction of pollinator-friendly species including lavender, rosemary, daisies and pansies. These initiatives have enhanced the visual appeal of the Park while creating valuable habitats for bees, butterflies and other wildlife.
The partnership has also seen the installation of bird boxes throughout the site, many of which were decorated by students before being installed. Additional bird boxes were donated to the school, extending the educational benefits beyond the retail Park itself and encouraging greater awareness of biodiversity and habitat creation among young people.
These initiatives form part of a wider landscaping and biodiversity programme designed to enhance the site’s environmental credentials and support long-term ecological improvements.
Meet the team who work on the Gallagher Shopping Park Sustainability project
Sara was at LaSalle for 21 years prior to joining Quadrant in September. She has worked in the Retail sector as an asset manager since 2010, primarily in the Out of Town sector overseeing the asset management of 7 large retail parks as well as a portfolio of supermarkets, trade counter and high street properties with a value of c. £400m. Prior to this she worked on mixed asset classes including a portfolio of offices in Birmingham as well as a diverse range of industrial, trade counter, hotel and leisure properties across the UK.
Sam has experience across the office, industrial and logistics sectors in both the UK and Australia. He joined Quadrant in April 2026. Sam started his real estate career at JLL in Melbourne before moving to Frasers Property Australia, where he spent over three years working within the Investments team on acquisitions, underwriting and asset management initiatives across a range of commercial real estate sectors. He subsequently relocated to London and joined Chancerygate, one of the UK’s leading industrial and logistics developers, focusing on development appraisal, acquisitions and portfolio strategy. At Quadrant, Sam works across the firm’s investment and asset management activities, supporting acquisitions, disposals, strategic asset initiatives and capital markets transactions. He holds a Master of Property and a Bachelor of Environments (Property) from the University of Melbourne