Glasgow Fort
 Glasgow Fort in 2005 | |
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| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Opening date | 14 October 2004 |
| Developer | Pillar Property plc and Capital & Regional plc |
| Owner | British Land |
| Architect | Cooper Cromar [1] |
| No. of stores and services | 103 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 506,218 sq ft (47,029.2 m2) |
| Parking | 1,900 spaces |
| Website | http://www.glasgowfort.com/ |
Glasgow Fort Shopping Centre is a large 'out of town' shopping and leisure park located in Auchinlea Park, Provanhall and adjacent to Easterhouse, Glasgow just off Junction 10 of the M8 motorway.
The scheme is unusual when compared to other local out of town schemes such as Braehead and Silverburn in that it is uncovered and therefore the spaces between units are open to the elements. The design of the park incorporates a 'two-sided mall design' intended to recreate a traditional high street.[1]
The scheme opened in October 2004 with Phase 1 of the development providing 390,946 sq ft (36,320.1 m2) of retail accommodation.[1] There are currently over 80 retail units and 4 additional kiosks. Retail range in size from small single floor 570 sq ft (53 sq m) spaces to large multi-floor units that are over 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m2) in size. There are approximately 1,900 car parking spaces for the park.[2] In 2016 a new Multi-Storey car park opened with over 300 spaces in it.
From 2012 to 2013, an extension to Glasgow Fort Shopping Centre was under construction. It opened in October 2013, where hundreds of Glaswegians attended the grand opening. The extension includes five new restaurants: Chiquito, Prezzo, Tony Macaroni, TGI Friday's & Harvester. Along with a Vue Cinema with 8 screens.
Between 2014-2015 another large extension began. With various new restaurants, various shops and a large Marks and Spencer, the extension opened in the later half of 2015.
Glasgow Fort is the only shopping complex in Scotland with its own dedicated motorway junction (J10 of the M8).
Stores
Below are just a few of the many stores,
As of January 2014 ;
New Look, TK Maxx, Next, JD Sports, SportsDirect.com, HMV, Game, WHSmith, Hobbycraft and Quiz
References
- ^ a b "British Land - Glasgow Fort Shopping Centre". Britishland.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
- ^ "Glasgow Fort Q&A". glasgowfort.com. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
External links
- Glasgow Fort website
- Architecture Scotland - Portfolio page with images
- Cooper Cromar Architects of the park - Portfolio page with images
