Grand Central, Birmingham
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Grand Central (formerly The Pallasades Shopping Centre, previously Birmingham Shopping Centre) is a shopping centre located above New Street railway station in Birmingham, England, that opened in 1971 as Birmingham Shopping Centre. In 1989, it was largely refurbished and reopened on 17 September 1990 as The Pallasades Shopping Centre. The centre underwent a mass redevelopment in 2014, opening on 24 September 2015 as Grand Central. It is currently[when?] owned by Hammerson and CPPIB, having been acquired from Birmingham City Council in January 2016 for £335m.[1] When coupled with the Bullring (to which it is connected via a footbridge, branded as "LinkStreet") it forms the United Kingdom's largest city centre-based shopping centre, styled Bullring & Grand Central.
Location | Birmingham, England |
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Coordinates | 52°28′39.98″N 1°53′55.86″W |
Opening date | 24 September 2015 |
Developer | Network Rail |
Management | Jonathan Cheetham |
Owner | |
Architect | Haskoll |
No. of stores and services | 62 |
No. of anchor tenants | 1 (John Lewis and Partners) (formerly) |
Total retail floor area | c. 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) |
No. of floors | 1 |
Parking | 450 Spaces, including 23 Disabled spaces, and 13 Parent & Child spaces |
Website | bullring |