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Open where your business makes sense.

For brands, franchises and businesses looking for premises in Barcelona. We choose the location with data, check your activity fits before you sign and negotiate the lease with a lawyer. If you prefer, we act as your expansion department. And if the premises you want is for sale, we find the investor who buys it and lets it to you.

20+ yearsof experience in the sector
Licence checkedbefore you sign the lease
Plan Retail 5from location to opening
Tell us about your projectWe call you to pin down what you are looking for and how we would approach it.

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Brands we have handled property opportunities with

We have closed deals and presented premises to brands, operators and franchisees across different sectors, working directly with their expansion managers.

Have premises? We'll tell you which brands are looking →
  • Action
  • McDonald’s
  • Lidl
  • Burger King
  • Viena
  • La Wash
  • Deichmann
  • Jysk
  • Consum
  • Pepco
  • Oysters Menorca
  • Sprinter
  • Rossmann
  • Bioconsum
  • Condis
  • TEDi
  • NaturaSì
  • Sorli
  • Veritas
  • Santa Gloria
  • MGI

Method

Plan Retail 5

Five stages from the map to opening day. The third one saves the most money.

Start my search for premises 5 min a pie
  1. 01

    Location

    Areas and streets that fit your customers, your average ticket and your format. We rule out before viewing.

  2. 02

    5-minute study

    What lies within a five-minute walk of the premises: population, direct competition and anchor stores, plus a footfall count at the times that matter to your business.

  3. 03

    Planning and licence

    Before you sign, we check your activity is allowed in those premises: permitted uses, licence, smoke extraction, accessibility and works needed. A planning lawyer reviews it.

  4. 04

    Lease negotiation

    Rent, rent-free period, term, guarantees, works, assignment and transfer. A lawyer negotiates, on your side.

  5. 05

    Signing and opening

    Lease, licence application and coordination until you open the door.

Outsourced expansion

Your expansion department, without having it on the payroll.

For brands arriving in Barcelona or planning several openings without building their own team. We work under a mandate, as if we were part of your company.

  • Opening planPriority areas, format, size and target rent, agreed with you before we search.
  • Search and screeningWe comb the market, including premises not yet advertised, and rule out whatever doesn't fit your plan.
  • Report on each property5-minute study, photos, floor plans, rent and licence feasibility. You decide with data, without travelling to every viewing.
  • Negotiation and licenceWe negotiate the lease with a lawyer and review the planning before signing.
  • One point of contactOne contact person for all your openings in Barcelona and Catalonia, with regular updates on every property in progress.

What you get for each property

You decide with a report, not a site visit.

This is the report we send you before you travel. Tap each section.

Example with fictitious data
Premises on a Barcelona high streetSample report
Fits your plan

Area

  • FootfallHigh morning and afternoon, lower in August
  • Competitors within 5 min3 operators in your sector
  • Anchor storesSupermarket and pharmacy on the same side of the street
  • TransportFGC train and bus within 300 m

The good: local shoppers with spending power and low turnover of premises. To watch: a direct competitor two blocks away.

Your opening plan

Tell us what you need in two minutes.

At the end you see your search plan summarised and send it to us with your details. We tell you how we would work on it.

What will you open?

Formats

Where we can place you.

The format decides the street, the rent and the lease. We work all four.

High streetMain shopping streets, where footfall rules.
Secondary streetsStreets close to the main ones, with more moderate rents.
Shopping centresMall units and medium-sized stores.
Retail parksRetail warehouses with parking, for large formats.

Now on our books

See all commercial premises

The perfect premises are useless if your activity isn't allowed there.

Every year some businesses sign, carry out works and only then discover they cannot open. We check the licence and planning before signing, not afterwards.

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  • Permitted uses
  • Activity licence
  • Smoke extraction
  • Accessibility
  • Capacity
  • Works and permits

Is the premises you want for sale?

You don't have to buy it. We find an investor to buy it and let it to you, with the lease agreed before the purchase.

Go to RetailInversor →

Looking for a going concern or want to sell yours?

Transfers of restaurants, shops and services, with licence, terrace and debts checked.

Go to RetailTraspasos →

Do you own commercial premises?

If you want to sell or let your premises, warehouse or plot, RetailPropietario is your page.

Go to RetailPropietario →

Premises and businesses available

What we currently have to let, for sale and for transfer.

See properties →

Frequently asked questions

What businesses ask us.

How do you choose the location?

Starting from your customers and your format. We study what lies within a five-minute walk of each option and rule out before viewing, so you only see premises that make sense.

Do you check the licence before I sign?

Yes. It is the stage that saves the most money: we check your activity is allowed in the premises, which licence you need and what works it involves, before you commit.

Which contracts do you negotiate?

Commercial leases, business transfers, sales and surface rights. A lawyer negotiates and drafts them.

Do you work with franchises and chains?

Yes, both for a first opening and for multi-site plans in Barcelona and its metropolitan area.

What is outsourced expansion?

We act as your brand's expansion department in Barcelona and Catalonia: opening plan, search, reports on each property, negotiation and licence, with a single point of contact. It is agreed under a written mandate.

How much does it cost?

It depends on the assignment: a search is not the same as an expansion plan or a business transfer. We give it to you in writing before we start.

Registered

Every signature, with its number.

Lawyer, property administrator and registered estate agent in the same office. You can check every registration.

  1. Il·lustre Col·legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona (Barcelona Bar Association)
    ICAB · member no.48.200Practising lawyer
  2. Registered property administrator
    Member no.6857Registered property administrator
  3. Col·legis i associació d'agents immobiliaris, API (estate agents' association)
    API · member no.4143Registered estate agent (API)
  4. Registre d'Agents Immobiliaris de Catalunya (Catalan register of estate agents), AICAT 12533
    AICAT register no.12533Registered agency