Cornmill Shopping Centre

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Cornmill Shopping Centre
Cornmill Shopping Centre
Location Darlington, England
Coordinates 54°31′32.4″N1°33′13.3″W / 54.525667°N 1.553694°W / 54.525667; -1.553694
AddressPriestgate
Opening date1992;31 years ago (1992)
ManagementSusan Young [1]
OwnerMoorfield
No. of stores and servicesOver 40
No. of anchor tenants 1
Total retail floor area 220,000 sq ft (20,000 m2)
No. of floors2
Parking402 spaces

Cornmill Shopping Centre(The Cornmill) is a shopping centre located on Priestgate in central Darlington, England. It is the main shopping centre in the town, with over 40 shops, including Primark (its anchor store), Next, HMV, Waterstone's, WHSmith and Tesco Express. The centre is set over two levels and covers over 220,000 sq ft (20,000 m2). [2] It also has a multi-storey car park with a 400 car capacity. [2]

Contents

Food outlets include a number of independent traders, as well as Costa Coffee and Greggs. [3]

Site

The main centre comprises 58 retail units utilising a bridge link over Priestgate, creating one continuous mall at lower ground level and an additional lower ground retail floor. [4] The property is freehold. [4] It receives a weekly footfall of 125,000 people. [4] Next, they pay an annual rent of £325,000 for their 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) store. [5]

History

Building work began in 1989 following the demolition of existing buildings including the Pied Piper public house and the Co-operative store. [6] One of the key phases of the building work for the two-tier mall was the pedestrian walkway over Priestgate. [6] The centre's name was chosen in a competition by Durham student, Richard Blair. [6] The Cornmill opened on 27 August 1992. [4]

Sections of the BBC sketch show The Fast Show were filmed there. [7]

In December 2006 it was purchased from Investream by the Moorfield Real Estate Fund for £84.5 million. [8]

Extension of the shopping centre with a Debenhams department store was planned for 2015-6 but was later cancelled. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Richardson, Andy (28 August 2012). "Susan Young: A life in retail". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Press Ahead" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Cornmill Official Website".
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  6. 1 2 3 McLauchlan, Karen (1 September 2012). "20 years of shopping". Evening Gazette.
  7. ↑ "Cornmill vouches for Lorna's shopping spree". The Northern Echo. 3 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Moorfield". Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  9. ↑ Richardson, Andy (25 October 2012). "Debenhams to take over newspaper's HQ". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
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