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Manchester Arndale is a large shopping centre in Manchester, England. [3] It was constructed in phases between 1972 and 1979, at a cost of £100 million. [ 4 ] Manchester Arndale is the largest of the chain of Arndale Centres built across the UK in the 1960s and 1970s.
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, Trafford
Today the Arndale attracts 41 million visitors a year and is the largest city centre shopping centre in the United Kingdom. The area has been extensively redeveloped after the IRA bomb of 1996 and contains Manchester Cathedral , Shambles Square , Exchange Square and Cathedral Gardens , as well as shopping streets Market Street and King Street .
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 ...
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. Some of these are out-of-town centres, while others are part of a city or town centre shopping district, which in almost all cases also includes many stores ...
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. Stores were purchased in 1968 by British Home Stores. 11 1968
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Chinatown in Manchester, England, is the second largest Chinatown in the United Kingdom and the third largest in Europe. [1] Its archway was completed in 1987 on Faulkner Street in Manchester city centre, [2] which contains Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, shops, bakeries and supermarkets.