Grand Central, Birmingham
- Hammerson (50%)
- CPPIB (50%)
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.
History
The original centre was built in 1971 as part of the reconstruction of New Street Station below. It was known as the Birmingham Shopping Centre before being renamed The Pallasades.
Redevelopment
As part of the New Street Station Gateway Plus redevelopment, Grand Central underwent a major overhaul, which included a six-year long programme of enabling works by a Birmingham demolition contractor, Colemans, formerly Coleman & Co. The mall has been redesigned with a Texlon ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE)[2] atrium roof as centrepiece, and it has over 60 stores across 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) with John Lewis as the main tenant. Many of the shops, restaurants and cafés are new to the city including Cath Kidston, The White Company, Kiehls, Giraffe and Tapas Revolution. It reopened in September 2015 along with the modernised Birmingham New Street station.[3]
The shopping centre's name is given to the adjacent tram stop that opened in May 2016.[4]
John Lewis announced in 2020 that its store would not reopen after being closed during the COVID-19 restrictions.
Grand Central was selected as a filming location for the 2023 film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.
References
- ^ "Hammerson buys Birmingham's Grand Central shopping centre". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Birmingham Grand Central Shopping Mall". Vector Foiltec. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ Brown, Graeme (31 July 2014). "New lettings revealed for Grand Central". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "A bit more Metro...now serving Grand Central". Midland Metro. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- Brown, Graeme (30 May 2016). "Midland Metro trams head to Birmingham New Street for first time". Birmingham Mail.
External links
- Bullring & Grand Central
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(in height order)
- Sutton Coldfield mast
- BT Tower
- 10 Holloway Circus
- Chamberlain Clock Tower
- Alpha Tower
- Orion Building
- Sentinels
- Rotunda
- 103 Colmore Row
- The Cube
- Hyatt
- Centre City Tower
- Two Snowhill
- One Snow Hill Plaza
- Quayside Tower
- Colmore Gate
- McLaren Building
- Metropolitan House
- Edgbaston House
- The Colmore Building
- Jury's Inn
- Lloyd House
- Aston Library
- Baskerville House
- Central Police Station
- Chamberlain Clock
- Chamberlain Memorial
- Council House
- Edgbaston Waterworks
- Energy from Waste Plant
- Hall of Memory
- Library of Birmingham
- Moseley Road Baths
- Municipal Bank
- Town Hall
- Town Hall (Sutton Coldfield)
- Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
- Moor Street
- New Street
- Snow Hill
- Other stations
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- Adam & Eve
- Anchor Inn
- Antelope
- Bartons Arms
- Black Horse
- Brookhill Tavern
- Crown (closed)
- Crown Inn
- Fighting Cocks, Moseley
- Fox and Grapes (demolished)
- Golden Eagle (demolished)
- Lad in the Lane
- Old Crown
- Queen's Arms
- Red Lion (Handsworth; closed)
- Woodman
- 1–7 Constitution Hill
- 17 & 19 Newhall Street
- Arena Birmingham
- Ashford & Son
- Assay Office
- Birmingham Banking Company
- Birmingham Crematorium
- Bromford Viaduct
- Castle Bromwich Assembly
- Chinese Pagoda
- Fort Dunlop
- Gas Retort House
- Gas Street Studios
- Great Western Arcade
- Holliday Street Aqueduct
- ICC
- Millennium Point
- New Street Signal Box
- Perrott's Folly
- Perry Bridge
- Prison
- Proof House
- Ringway Centre
- Roundhouse
- Saracen's Head
- Selfridges
- St James's House
- Victoria Square House
- Victoria Law Courts
- Victoria Works
- Woodcock Street Baths
- Aston Hippodrome
- Birmingham Manor House
- Bishop's House
- Bishop Ryder Church
- Bordesley Hall
- Central Goods railway station
- Central Library
- Christ Church
- Church of the Messiah
- The Crescent
- The Exchange
- Five Ways Tower
- Fox Hollies Hall
- Heathfield Hall
- Highfield
- Island House
- St James the Less' Church
- Langley Hall
- Market Hall
- St Mary's, Whittall St.
- Metchley Fort
- Pebble Mill Studios
- Post & Mail Building
- Public Office
- Union Workhouse
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- Board schools
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