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As a shopping centre Manchester Arndale was outstandingly successful, and the critics' opinions were not universally held – especially by its owners. [91] By 1996 the Arndale was fully let, raised £20 m a year in rents, [ 92 ] was the seventh busiest shopping area in the UK in terms of sales, [ 93 ] and was visited by 750,000 people a week ...
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The first Arndale Centre, in Jarrow, opened in 1961.It is now known as the Viking Centre. The Cross Gates Centre in Cross Gates, Leeds was an Arndale Centre until 2000.. In 1950, Arnold Hagenbach, a baker with a talent for property investment, and Sam Chippendale, an estate agent from Otley, set up a company called the Arndale Property Trust, the name being a portmanteau of "Arnold" and ...
The bus station, designed by Jefferson Sheard Architects, replaced the former Cannon Street bus station, under the Manchester Arndale; since the redevelopment of Manchester city centre, the latter has disappeared along with Cannon Street itself. [4] The Bus station is now under the control of TfGM through the Bee Network (as of 2024). Bus station
Previously the area was the retail heart of the city centre but with the opening of the Manchester Arndale in the 1970s patronage gradually dwindled and vacant buildings were commonplace. In the late 1980s the area was renamed as the Northern Quarter in the hope that the area would be reincarnated from the ground up.
The Middleton Arena leisure centre as seen from LCpl Joel Halliwell VC Way. In the early 1970s, The Arndale Property Trust cleared land adjacent to Middleton Gardens to build an 'American-style' modern shopping precinct. The Middleton Arndale Centre commenced trading in 1971, although it was officially opened by the Duchess of Kent in March 1972.
Unlike most major cities in the United Kingdom, there are no height restrictions on city centre high-rises in Manchester. [16] If all future proposals come to fruition, Greater Manchester could contain nearly 400 buildings over 50 m (160 ft) tall, as well as nearly 70 high-rises above 100 m (330 ft) and 23 skyscrapers above 150 m (490 ft).
Serves the Manchester Arndale at its main entrance. Market. Street. 200m: 1CC 27 April 1992 Located in the central retail district and near the Manchester Arndale. New. Islington. East Manchester: 11 February 2013 Only Zone 1 stop on the East Manchester Line. Serves Ancoats and New Islington. Piccadilly. Gardens. 200m : Piccadilly 20 July 1992