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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 ...
Manchester: 1923 Founded by Henry Cohen, he opened Smart Outfitting Company in 1910, before turning down a chance to join Marks & Spencer, opening Henry's Stores in Market Street, Manchester. The business was a discount department store, and grew to further branches, including Birmingham and Stockport.
Spinning Gate Shopping Centre, Leigh, Greater Manchester; St George's Shopping Centre, Preston (formerly The Mall Preston, The Mall St. George) St. John's Shopping Centre, Liverpool; St. Nicholas Arcades Shopping Centre, Lancaster; Stretford Mall, Stretford (formerly Arndale Centre) Swan Court Shopping Arcade, Clitheroe; Trafford Centre ...
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
This is a list of the largest shopping centres in the United Kingdom, listed by retail size in square metres (m 2).Only centres with space of 65,000 m 2 (700,000 sq ft) or more are listed.
Corporation Street is a major thoroughfare in Manchester city centre, England.It runs from Dantzic Street to the junction of Cross Street and Market Street.Major buildings located on or adjacent to the street include the Arndale Centre, Exchange Square, The Printworks, Urbis (National Football Museum) and New Century House next to the CIS Tower.
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.