Cardiff Bay Retail Park

The Cardiff Bay Retail Park in Grangetown, Cardiff was once the site of the Ferry Road Site. It was built in around 1997. It is currently home to businesses which include Asda, Boots Group and Argos.^[1]^[2] There have been many turnovers in businesses, yet new phases are still being added.

Units

Phase One

Unit(s)	Current Business	Current Status	Previous Business	Date Closed
0	Asda	Open
A1	Wilko	Open	Maples	2000	Brantano	2016
A2 i	JD Sports	Open
A2 ii	Blacks	Open			BANK	September 2015
B	SportsDirect.com	Open	JJB Sports	February 2009
C	Pets at Home	Open
D	Boots	Open
E	Argos	Open
F	Argos	Open
G	Vacant		Powerhouse	2007	G	British Home Stores
H	Vacant		Furnitureland	2007	H	British Home Stores
I (Ex2)	McDonald's	Open

Maples was a homeware store that closed in around 2000. Over the years, the unit has been split into 3 smaller units.

Furnitureland and Powerhouse both closed their units in 2007. BHS then refurbished both to create one large unit until they ceased trading in 2016.

JJB closed their unit here once they moved to the Capital Retail Park in Leckwith, which also included a gym.

Phase Two

Unit(s)	Current Business	Current Status Wheadons	Previous Business	Date Closed
J	Poundstretcher	Open	Staples	2014/2015
K	Thomsons Holiday Hypermarket	Open
L	Bensons for Beds Outlet	Open	Rosebys	November 2008
M	B&M Home Store	Open	Kingsway Furniture	2004
N	B&M Home Store	Open	Tiles R Us	2004
O	Pizza Hut	Open

Phase Three (Dunleavy Drive)

Development Website

The new Dunleavy Drive section of the Cardiff Bay Retail Park was built in 2008.

Unit(s)	Current Business	Current Status
1	Frankie & Benny's	Open
2	Appletree Private Day Nursery	Closed
3	Majestic Wine Warehouse	Open
3	Papa John's	Open
4	fit4less	Open
5	Starbucks Coffee – Drive Thru	Open
Drive Thru Unit	Starbucks Coffee – Drive Thru	Open

H	Harvester – The Cardiff Bay	Open

Additional Stores

Other stores in the retail park and surrounding area include Aldi and IKEA.

Adjoining the retail park is the Cardiff International Sports Village which has shops including Morrisons and Toys R Us

References

↑ http://www.completelyretail.co.uk/scheme/2295 Cardiff Bay Retail Park on Completely Retail.
↑ http://www.completelyretail.co.uk/scheme/2295/plan.html Cardiff Bay Retail Park Plan and Tenancy on Completely Retail.

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