Locked In A Room, the escape room venue operator, has relocated and upsized its Bristol outlet to bigger premises at Harbourside.
The company has taken a 7,500 sq ft first floor unit overlooking Millennium Square, pictured, part of Canada Life Investments’ Harbourside development, on a new 10-year lease. It was previously based in Unity Street, off Park Street. The move has created the city’s largest venture of its kind. 
Locked In A Room will initially house 12 escape rooms with a capacity of 48 players.
It also operates sites at ExCel in London, which can accommodate 76 people, and in Milton Keynes, which is the same size as its new Bristol outlet.
Canada Life Investments fund manager Andrew MacLaren said: “The escape room concept started as a Japanese craze and has really taken off in the UK becoming a very popular activity in the competitive socialising world.”
Locked In A Room managing director Jon Pfaff added: “We are gathering a reputation for being significantly additive to our food and beverage neighbours because of our existing relationship with the higher spending corporate client base.
“Bristol Harbourside is a superb location in a city that we are already established in and is a fantastic fit to our debt free and organically growing portfolio. We will be announcing further significant and carefully selected openings in the near future.”
Cushman & Wakefield, JLL & Insight Retail advised Canada Life Investments, while AGL advised Locked In A Room.
