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Multrees Walk is a pedestrian shopping area off the east side of St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland. Created in 2003 as part of a redevelopment, it links St Andrew Square and St James Shopping Centre and its shops sell luxury goods including clothing, stationery and handbags.
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Multrees Walk
Harvey Nichols, the famous department store, is the anchor and "main attraction" of the development and it has its main entrance on St Andrew Square, but there is a smaller entrance on Multrees Walk. In most literature, this luxury store is often stated to belong to the exclusive Multrees Walk.
Multrees Walk, Harvey Nichols and Edinburgh Bus Station (which sits below 'Multrees Walk' and is accessed by escalators from St Andrew Square or from Elder Street) was designed by Edinburgh architects CDA.
Stores in Multrees Walk
After an initial period of slow uptake of its units The Walk was expected to be fully let in time for Christmas 2008. The shops on the Walk are purveyors of luxury goods including clothing, food, jewelry, shoes and handbags.
"Multrees Walk" has three units still available for let. Current businesses with property on Multrees Walk include:
- Harvey Nichols
- Louis Vuitton
- Links of London
- Anne Fontaine
- Marina Rinaldi
- Calvin Klein Underwear
- Pandora
- G-Star RAW
- Daniel Footwear
- Sassoon Salon
- VinCaffe
- Kurt Geiger
- Firetrap
- Sole
- Azendi
- Oscar & Fitch
- The Pen Shop
- Replay
- Reiss
- Emporio Armani
- Mulberry
- Bravissimo
Further reading
- Ferguson, Brian (September 21, 2007). "Multrees Walk big names arrive fashionably late". Edinburgh Evening News. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1513542007.
- Fields, Julia (October 24, 2004). "Boutiques queue up for The Walk; Luxury retailers plan to follow". Sunday Herald. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20041024/ai_n12592016.
- Rudden, Liam (February 4, 2007). "Multrees Walk must branch out to survive". The Scotsman. http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1289&id=296612007.
- Ferguson, Brian (March 3, 2007). "From Versace to fast food . .". Edinburgh Evening News. http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=338782007.
- Allan, Tom (March 3, 2007). "Photographers protest against private public space". Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2010/oct/18/edinburgh-flashmob-photographer-photography-protest-multrees.
See also
Coordinates: 55°57′18.48″N 3°11′29.70″W / 55.9551333°N 3.191583°W
Categories:- Shopping streets in Scotland
- Visitor attractions in Edinburgh
- Streets in Edinburgh
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