Contemporary café brand Jamaica Blue has selected the Manchester Arndale shopping centre as the location for its first café in the city after agreeing to take a 10-year lease on a 4,206 sq ft two-floor unit within Halle Square.
Founded in Australia in 1992, Jamaica Blue currently has over 130 cafes in seven different countries. It currently has seventeen branches across the UK. Jamaica Blue is named after the majestic Blue Mountains of Jamaica, one of the best coffee producing regions in the world.
Jamaica Blue’s continued success is driven by their simple philosophy of great coffee and food, together with their passionate team of chefs, baristas, and service team. They will be continuing this simple philosophy at their new Manchester café when they open on November 10th.
Alongside its signature coffee, Jamaica Blue offers a range of wraps, bagels, oven baked dishes, cakes, and all-day brunch options, all prepared in house, daily.
Jamaica Blue further enhances Manchester Arndale’s food and beverage offer and follows the recent arrivals of Slim Chickens, Doner Shack, Creams, The Butcher at Urban Playground, Kokoro, Tim Hortons, Pizza Hut Express and the recent five-year lease renewal from Nandos.
Scott Linard, Portfolio Director at M&G Real Estate, said: “It is great to welcome such an innovative and fast-growing chain like Jamaica Blue to Manchester Arndale. We place great importance in providing a strong food and beverage offer at Manchester Arndale and we want to ensure we provide the best choices for our shoppers and visitors.
“It is also pleasing that this letting to Jamaica Blue comes off the back of several exciting new food and drink arrivals at the centre alongside some significant retail and leisure lettings over the past twelve months. We hope to share more exciting news over the next few weeks as we continue to make Manchester Arndale the home of the most popular UK and international brands.”
Josh Nixon, Head of Estates for Jamaica Blue UK said: “Jamaica Blue’s foundations are built on two simple beliefs that guide us in everything that we do. Firstly, a belief in sourcing the very best coffee, and secondly, only using fresh, premium ingredients to deliver contemporary café dishes with a twist. We’re thrilled to be opening at Manchester Arndale on the 10th November, and excited to share our high-quality coffee and delicious menu with Manchester’s foodies.”
Manchester Arndale is one of the UK’s largest city centre shopping malls, welcoming over 42 million visitors in an average year. It boasts an impressive line-up of more than 200 shops and restaurants, including international, national, and local brands.
Metis Real Estate and Time Retail Partners are Manchester Arndale’s retained letting agents.
