| Location | Burton upon trent, Staffordshire, England |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 1970 |
| Developer | Grosvenor Group |
| Owner | Grosvenor Group |
| No. of stores and services | 70 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (Primark, Marks and Spencer, BHS) |
| Total retail floor area | 385,000 sq ft |
| Parking | 800 spaces |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | http://www.cooperssquare.co.uk |
Coopers Square is an indoor shopping centre located in Burton upon Trent , Staffordshire , England. It is owned by the Grosvenor Group.[1]
The shopping centre was opened in 1970 by HRH Princess Alexandra.
The total retail area for the shopping centre is 35,766 m2 (385,000 sq ft).[2]
The shopping centre has 800 car parking spaces, with a ground car park as well as a rooftop car park.[3]
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In 1969, construction began on Cooper's Square shopping centre. It was built in three phases between the years of 1969 and 1974. It originally consisted of 46 small units and 5 big units. At this time only the underhill walk mall existed.
In 1979 Cooper's Square had an extension into the former Sainsbury's unit now a W H Smith and two more units were also built, which now have been knocked together to form a larger unit, now where Superdrug is located.
In 1982 Sainsbury's moved to a new unit that had just been built, and the former Sainsbury's unit became a Woolworths (supermarket) .
In 1996 Sainsbury's moved again to a new unit that had been built across the road. The former unit was split up and became a BHS, JJB Sports, (now a HMV) and Au Natural (now poundworld).[4]
Cooper's Square consists of five 'malls'. These are:
Underhill Walk:
Dame Paulet Walk:
St. Modwens Walk:
Cooper's Square:
Swan Walk:
Other Units:
Planning application was submited in summer 2012, for a 110000 sq ft[7] extention on coopers square shopping centre. The shopping centre will extend out into the car park, and into some shops on nearby station street (The Royal Bank of Scotland, A dry cleaners, two estate agents and a night club.) The extention hopes to create a new modern fascade to the shopping centre.
In the extentions 11 new, two storey units are planned, as well as a new 55000 sq ft[8] department store, (confirmed as Debenhams[9]). There will be a new rooftop car park and the current ground car park will be refurbished and landscaped. There will be a new car park entrance/exit on union street, and a new taxi rank for station street.
Overall the extention hopes to create 200 full time and part time jobs.[10]