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Encyclopedia > Manchester Arndale Centre

The largest Arndale Centre was built in Manchester at a cost of £100 million; it was constructed in phases between 1972 and 1979 and spans 26 acres, with high-rise offices and residential flats as well as retail space. The centre is the largest city centre shopping centre in Europe and has been since construction, apart from a brief spell when the title was held by Birmingham's Bullring. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the acre. ... This article is about traditional meanings of the word office. ... Borj-e Sefid apartments in Tehran, Iran An apartment (or flat in Britain and other Commonwealth countries) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. ... In commerce, a retailer buys goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers or importers, either directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells individual items or small quantities to the general public or end user customers, usually in a shop, also called store. ...


The mall was heavily damaged in the 1996 Manchester City Centre bombing by the Provisional IRA and required extensive redevelopment work. By this time, the centre was no longer owned by the Arndale Property Trust, and a rebranding was proposed. This proposal was subsequently abandoned, and the centre kept its original name. The Manchester City Centre bombing was a terrorist attack in Manchester, England by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the RA) is an Irish Republican paramilitary organisation dedicated to the end of British rule in Northern Ireland and to a United Ireland. ... Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in British English) is a movement in urban planning that reached its peak in the United States from the late 1940s through the early 1970s. ... Rebranding (also called repositioning), is the process by which a product or service developed with one brand or company or product line affiliation is marketed or distributed with a different identity. ...


In 2005 the first phase of the "northern extension" was opened. 'Exchange Square' features new stores from Next, Nike and River Island. Next Group PLC is a British clothes retailer, headquartered in Leicester, England. ... Look up nike in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... River Island is a male and female clotheswear chain located across the United Kingdom, with the name being a leader for casual fashion. ...


April 2006, sees phase two of the northern extesnions opening. Stores included in phase two include new flagship branches of Top Man and Top Shop. The stores promise to big the biggest apart from their London headquarters. A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. ... Topshop is a clothing retailer in the United Kingdom. ...


Finally, in September 2006, the third and final phase of the northern extension will open. The new Winter Garden will feature stores such as a new Virgin Megastore to replace the one that used to be on Market Street, a Waterstones bookshop, and a new unit for the Arndale Market (which is currently located in the unit next to bhs). The completed mall will provide a link from The Triangle to the Northern Quarter, and from Market Street to The Printworks. Winter Garden may refer to: Winter Garden, Florida Winter Garden Theatre Winter Garden, a book by Beryl Bainbridge This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Virgin Megastores is a chain of record shops throughout the world, established by Richard Branson. ... Gower Street branch Waterstones is a chain of British bookshops. ... British Home Stores (also known as BHS or, more recently Bhs) is a stalwart general retailer of the British High Street, selling clothes and household items (such as bedlinen, cutlery, crockery and lighting). ... The Triangle may mean: Research Triangle: A region in the piedmont of North Carolina in the United States The Triangle (newspaper): Drexel Universitys independent student newspaper. ... The Northern Quarter is an area in the city centre of Manchester, UK, generally marked out between Piccadilly, Victoria and Ancoats, and centred around Oldham Street, just off Piccadilly Gardens. ... Market Street in downtown San Francisco. ... The Printworks is Europes first urban entertainment venue, based on Withy Grove in Manchester Until 1986, as the name suggests, the Printworks was a printing press, owned at the time of its demise by Robert Maxwell. ...

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Exchange Square

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Food Court

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Former retailers of Manchester Arndale

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Virgin Megastores is a chain of record shops throughout the world, established by Richard Branson. ...

External links

  • Manchester Arndale Centre home page
  • Capital Shopping Centres (CSC) - Manchester Arndale
  • Manchester Arndale Letting Plans (including Northern Extension)


 

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