Capitol Centre
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| Capitol Centre | |
  Entrance to the Capitol Centre |
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| Location | Cardiff, Wales |
| Address | Queen Street, Cardiff |
| Opening date | 1990[1] |
| Owner | Moorfield Group[2] |
| No. of stores and services | 36[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3[1] |
| Total retail floor area | 158,256 sq.ft[1] |
| Parking | 420[1] |
| No. of floors | 2[1] |
| Website | http://www.capitol-shopping-centre.co.uk |
Capitol Centre (previously: Capitol Exchange Centre) is an indoor shopping centre in the city of Cardiff, Wales. The building is built on the site of the former Capitol Cinema and theatre, and is situated at the eastern end of Queen Street near the Dumfries Place bus terminus and Cardiff Queen Street railway station.
It advertises itself as the premier shopping destination in Cardiff,[citation needed] with a focus on the higher end of women's fashion, including tenants such as Wallis, Jaeger, Karen Millen, Dune, Phase Eight and Austin Reed. It is anchored by a large H&M store, with the front of the centre being dominated by a two-storey Zavvi Store (Formerly Virgin Megastore).
Opened in 1990, the centre was originally built to mimic Victorian architecture. In 1999/2000 the centre underwent a redevelopment, which included the refurbishment of the pedestrian areas, the removal of the food court and new entrances into the centre.
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[edit] Stores
[edit] Fashion Stores
- Austin Reed
- Coast
- Dune
- Fat Face
- H&M
- Hobbs
- Jaeger
- Karen Millen
- Kookai
- MK
- Oasis
- Phase Eight
- Quiksilver
- Trekkit
- United Colors of Benetton
[edit] Hair and Beauty Stores
- Boots
- M.A.C
- Vidal Sassoon
[edit] Lifestyle Stores
- Blue Dot Gallery
- Castle Galleries
- Halifax
- Orange
- Virgin Mobile
- Zavvi
[edit] Accessories Stores
- Accessorize
- Frangi Tie Rack
- Parkhouse Jewellers
- Paul Gentile
[edit] Cafes and Restaurants
- Cafe Caribe
- Cafe Giardino
- Madisons Coffee Bar
- Madisons Restaurant
[edit] Future developments
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The centre had originally also housed a five-screen Odeon cinema up until 2001, however following the closure of the cinema, this area of the centre has not been used.[2]
There are plans to develop 164 apartments, plus retail and commercial space and additional car parking facilities at the corner of North Edward Street and Station Terrace. This would provide 50 per cent additional spaces, bringing the total car parking spaces up to 632.[2]
The scheme architects are Dobson Architects and it is expected that the new scheme could be completed by 2010.[2]
