Silverburn Shopping Centre

Silverburn
Location Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates 55°49′20″N 4°20′22″W / 55.822249°N 4.339428°W / 55.822249; -4.339428Coordinates: 55°49′20″N 4°20′22″W / 55.822249°N 4.339428°W / 55.822249; -4.339428
Opening date 25 October 2007 (Some stores later)/ Restaurant Complex March 2008. Tesco store opened in July 2006.
Developer Retail Property Holding Ltd
No. of stores and services 109
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 1,500,000 sq ft (100,000 m2)
No. of floors Single Floored Mall. Certain Stores are two storey.
Parking 10000 approx.
Website shopsilverburn.com

Silverburn (also known as Pollok Town Centre or The Centre) is an 'out of town' shopping centre located on Barrhead Road in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland. The development replaces the 75 acre (214,000 sq ft) Pollok centre with a brand new 1,500,000-square-foot (100,000 m2) shopping centre, anchored by Tesco, Next, Marks & Spencer and Debenhams.

History

The completed Silverburn opened for the first time on Thursday 25 October 2007, designed by Building Design Partnership (architects), Stuart McTaggart (civil and structural engineers) and constructed by Bovis Lend Lease.[1][2] The largest Scottish Tesco Extra opened on 10 July 2006 at the site, replacing the Tesco store in the old Pollok Centre. The Centre housed 95 shopping units and 14 restaurants and cafes.

Developed by Retail Property Holdings Ltd (RPH), it is one of the largest shopping centres in the UK. It includes 1 million sq ft of retail and leisure space, 2000 parking spaces in a multi-storey car park, and 25,000 spaces on the ground.[3]

The Centre is Glasgow's fifth out of town shopping centre. Catering for a target population from across Scotland, the Centre arguably benefits Ayrshire, especially with the completion of the M77 to Kilmarnock. The developers aimed to attract shoppers from nearby Newton Mearns, Clarkston, Giffnock and Barrhead as well as the towns and villages in Ayrshire.

Expansion

In 2015, The Centre expanded to include a Cineworld cinema and 9 restaurants including Zizzi & Pizza Express which opened in 2014. Further plans for expansion were proposed in October 2015, with the intention to expand over the other side of the M77 with further shopping and leisure features, a hotel, and a community centre.[4]

Incidents

There have been several evacuations due to suspected fires. On 5 March 2015 there was a fire at the shopping centre, with no casualties.[5] There was another fire on 25 March and the centre was evacuated.[6] This happened again on 8 May 2015.[7]

There were news stories in 2016 reporting that the shopping centre was haunted by "a shadowy woman", "dressed in all-black period clothing".[8][9]

On 22 August 2018 the centre was evacuated due to a chemical interference in the ventilation system.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Silverburn shopping centre in Glasgow opens". Retail Week. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Inside Story - How Silverburn was born". The Drum. 16 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "Silverburn - Shopping Centre". RIAS. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Expansion plans for Silverburn shopping centre clear first hurdle". Evening Times. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "No-one hurt in fire at Silverburn Shopping Centre". BBC. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow's Silverburn shopping centre evacuated amid reports of a fire". GlasgowLive. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Silverburn shopping centre evacuated in fire alarm drama". Daily Record. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Paranormal investigators probe ghost reports at Silverburn shopping centre". The Scotsman. 7 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Did shopping centre work disturb ghost? Terrified customers report seeing spook inside". Daily Express. 8 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "We've temporarily evacuated Silverburn as a precautionary measure and the emergency services are in attendance. The safety of our customers and staff is always our number one priority. We will keep you updated on the situation". Twitter. Silverburn. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  11. ↑ Russell, Jennifer (22 August 2018). "Silverburn shopping centre evacuated over 'chemical spill'". glasgowlive. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Shoppers ill after Silverburn fumes alert". BBC News. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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