Gloucester Quays
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 Gloucester Quays Designer Outlet Centre | |
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| Location | Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Coordinates | 51°51′34″N 2°15′09″W / 51.8594298°N 2.2524778°W |
| Address | St Ann Way |
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| Developer | Vinci Construction[3] |
| Owner | The Peel Group |
| Architect | Bourne Group[3] |
| Stores and services | 123[4] |
| Anchor tenants | 50[4] |
| Floor area | 150,000 square metres (1,600,000 sq ft)[4] |
| Floors | 1 |
| Parking | 1400 [5] |
| Public transit | 8,9,10,12,60[6] |
| Website | gloucesterquays |
Gloucester Quays (also known as Gloucester Quays Designer Outlet Centre) is an outlet shopping centre on St Ann Way, Gloucester, in the area of the city formerly known as High Orchard. The outlet is situated close to Gloucester Docks, a historic area of the city.
The outlet centre was built on the former site of Fielding & Platt engineering works which opened in 1866, specialising in hydraulic machinery and hydraulic presses. By the 1980s the business declined, in the 1990s it was taken over by Motherwell Bridge Ltd and shortly afterwards closed down.[7]
In May 2007, preparation of the site was started. Unwanted buildings were demolished but the former Matthews furniture factory was left intact and is now part of the outlet centre. By October 2007, construction had started and three cranes were erected on the site by November 2007. The upper level of the centre was started on 6 May 2008, it was designed with a distinctive gull-wing shaped steel and glass roof over the central courtyard which was installed around the end of August 2008.
In February 2009, the interior of the Outlet centre was well under way. On 1 July 2009, the south-east side of the outlet centre was opened up as a 96-room Travelodge.[1]
In November 2011 as part of Phase 2, a planning development was granted to convert the first floor and roof to a 10-screen cinema. Permission was also granted to convert blocks L, M, N and P of the ground floor to restaurants and take-aways.[8][9]
In April 2017, the £141 million development of Bakers Quay began. The development, by Rokeby Merchant Developments (Gloucester) Limited,[10] will take place in 2 phases. Phase one will consist of 47 apartments,[11] a 104 bedroom Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre restaurant, a drive-through Costa Coffee and 4 three bedroom houses.[12][13] Phase 2 will consist of another 73 apartments. The first phase was completed in August 2018 and the second phase should be completed by December 2019.[14][15]
