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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.
The Mall Blackburn, Blackburn (formerly Blackburn Shopping Centre) The Mall Chester, Chester (formerly The Mall Grosvenor / Grosvenor Shopping Centre) Manchester Arndale, Manchester; Marble Place Shopping Centre, Southport; The Market Shopping Centre, Crewe; Market Walk Shopping Centre, Chorley; Marketgate Shopping Centre, Lancaster
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.
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
By 1816, there were 86 mills in the central area of Manchester, and by 1853 there were 108. By the 1840s, the Northern Quarter was at the centre of one of the most significant economic changes in history, with the Industrial Revolution at full pace and Manchester taking its place as the world capital of the textile industry.
The opening of the Manchester Arndale in 1975 shifted the retail focus towards the area bounded by Market Street, Corporation Street, Withy Grove and High Street. Despite the Arndale's unpopularity with many critics, it has been described as an outstandingly successful shopping centre by visitor numbers and spending.
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