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The founder of one of the world’s largest chains of Mexican restaurants has set up a new venture to take over defunct UK department stores and repurpose them as thriving mixed-use spaces styled as a public version of Soho House.
Tortilla founder Brandon Stephens is leading the new venture and is in advanced discussions with landlords about signing leases on its first sites.
Provisionally called Anthem, the new concept will include elements such as workspace, meeting rooms, food halls, bars and cafés, competitive socialising space, and fitness and wellbeing facilities.
The venture will not be short of potential sites: Operators like Debenhams and House of Fraser have been closing dozens of stores in recent years and even the sector’s most successful operator, John Lewis, is…
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