Retail Armageddon

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The Trafford Centre, Manchester, England, cost over 600 million pounds sterling to build. It was opened in Sep 1998. The retail centre includes a cinema complex with 20 screens, a swimming pool, a casino and a restaurant which can seat 1,600 customers. The retail area has been designed to resemble Victorian shopping arcades. The car park has space for 10,000 cars. There will be no more large out-of-town retail developments built in the UK, once the Bluewater Park in Kent, England, is completed.

Management, Retail industry, Retail trade, Manchester, England

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Whitgift Centre, Croydon: Croydon's Whitgift Centre was the archetypal 1960s shopping complex

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The Whitgift Centre was first opened in Croydon in 1967 and has recently been refurbished at a cost of 30 million pounds sterling. The entire Whitgift Square has been enclosed and links have been created between the new shops and the remainder of the centre. The new pitched roofs have been glazed with heat-strengthened laminated glass, allowing maximum daylight. It also features new enhanced lighting installations.

BUILDING MATERIALS & GARDEN SUPPLIES, Stores in Shopping Centers, All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers, Retail stores

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Cost model: town centre pedestrianisation

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The popularity of out-of-town shopping centres has forced many town centres to redesign and upgrade their facilities in order to halt their decline. Councils are looking to hard and soft landscaping to make their towns more attractive to shoppers. Four alternative design options for pedestrianisation are presented with accompanying cost models, plus detailed model design and planning criteria.

Subdividers and developers, not elsewhere classified, Land Subdivision and Land Development, Shopping Center Developers, Pedestrian areas

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