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The Upper Court crest The Upper Court The Case for Tesco
The Upper Court in daylight, courts and clubhouse above a working Tesco Click & Collect car park

Tesco could choose anyone.

We know. So here is why the airspace above your car parks is worth far more with Upper Court on top of it, and why we are not simply another padel operator.

Why Upper Court · The case, in brief Confidential preview · For Tesco review
Idle airspace, unlocked· Zero land occupied· Weekly visits that scale with the site· Longer dwell time· A reason to return· Operators, not just architects·
No. 01 The Problem

Your airspace is
doing nothing

Large-format car parks are among the most valuable and least productive assets in UK retail. Prime, well-connected land, working at a fraction of its potential.

  • i.
    Valuable land sits idle

    Acres of well-located real estate generating little beyond a place to park.

  • ii.
    One-purpose visits

    Customers arrive, shop, and leave. Dwell time is low, and rarely grows on its own.

  • iii.
    Unused airspace

    Above head height, the commercial value of the site simply stops.

A large car park is an untapped asset. We turn the part nobody is using into a second business.

The Upper Court at dusk, the lit clubhouse and courts above the Tesco Click & Collect
No. 02 The Difference

We won’t take your land.
We’ll unlock your airspace.

Nothing changes at ground level. The store trades exactly as it does today, the parking stays, the traffic flows. Four metres above, a destination appears where there was only sky.

No. 03 What’s In It For Tesco

A destination that sends
customers back to you

Every part of the venue gives people another reason to come, to stay longer, and to spend on the way in or out. The store beneath becomes the landmark.

8 courts

Drag to scale the projection to a site of any size, from a first small deck to a full flagship.

~1,150
Additional visits each week

A projected 1,150 member visits a week at 8 courts, every one of them parking, many of them shopping.

Zero
Parking spaces lost

The car park below operates exactly as it does today. We build above it, never on it.

7 days
Consistent footfall

Leagues, coaching, events and dining fill the site all week, not only at retail peaks.

i.Increased footfall

More reasons for more people to visit the store, more often.

ii.Longer dwell time

Time spent on the estate turns into spend inside the store.

iii.Stronger loyalty

A complete experience builds a lasting habit around Tesco.

iv.Healthier communities

Active lifestyles create happier, healthier customers.

It’s at Tesco. See you there.
The store becomes the meeting point, the habit, and the last stop before home: “what do you need before I leave?”
No. 04 Why Us, Not Another Operator

We are not renting space.
We are building a destination.

Any operator can install courts. Very few can run a hospitality destination that people choose, return to, and tell their friends about.

  • i.
    Built around retail, not bolted on

    A national format designed specifically for underutilised retail airspace, not a generic club dropped on a roof.

  • ii.
    Proven operators

    Between us, decades running the best rooms in London, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and the Middle East.

  • iii.
    The next era of padel

    Where the sport is only half of it, and the standard of hospitality is unrivalled.

Our objective is not simply to rent space. It is to increase footfall, dwell time, community and long-term commercial value for Tesco, while unlocking an entirely new income stream from airspace you already own.
Why Upper Court