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Urban Space Management is a leading developer and manager of speciality retail projects in Great Britain and the United States, drawing more than 15 million visitors to it projects annually. Camden Lock, begun by USM in 1978, is the fourth busiest visitor destination in Greater London and spawned the cosmetics chain "Body Shop" and fashion designer "Red or Dead".
For over 25 years Urban Space Management has been giving the "kiss of life" to a wide variety of inner city spaces, revitalising them for new cultural and commercial uses. These may be historic buildings whose circumstances have changed, sites blighted by impending development for which profitable interim uses can be found, or prime downtown locations which cry out for a more imaginative mix of uses.
As required, Urban Space Management acts as consultant, planner, developer, project manager, letting agent, promotion specialist, retail adviser and hands-on site manager. The approach is never to impose a solution but to grow it organically from the nature of the space. Creativity, individual enterprise, and often performance arts are essential ingredients. The aim is to create a constantly varied "place" which will become a vital part of the community and generate long-term economic value.
In each USM project, the objectives are speed of reaction, minimum cost, imaginative response to the site's opportunities, and maximum return. USM sites have often set the trend, enhancing employment, property value, and public confidence. There is no formula; while in each case the problem may be the same -- how quickest, most cost-effectively, and best to realise a site's potential.
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