The Forge Shopping Centre

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location = Parkhead, City of Glasgow, Scotland
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opening_date = 1988
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The Forge Shopping Centre (also known as Parkhead Forge) exists in the east end of Glasgow in Parkhead. The shopping centre bore the name from the former steel works site. [ [http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA00848 TheGlasgowStory: Forge Shopping Centre ] ]

History

Construction of the Forge

The Gear (Glasgow East Area Renewal) was founded in 1976, then Europe's largest urban scheme of this kind, to provide "core areas with development potential" in the east end of Glasgow. A new shopping centre was part of the plan, ideally to replace the then recently closed Parkhead Forge plant of the Beardmore's steel works. [http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/nr/rdonlyres/005a8088-f02e-4d54-b213-dd862071a46c/0/parkheadrtf.rtf page 8] The shopping centre was going to contain a supermarket, a new multiplex cinema and at least 40 units. Work on the shopping centre occurred from 1986 to 1988.

The Forge Extension

A second phase of the Forge Shopping Centre incorpated a new indoor market and a retail park site in the mid-1990s.

Recently, the centre was extended to allow space for a new department store. Currently, money is being spent on remodelling the centre with and modernising it. A new ceiling and tiles on floor can currently be seen, partly constructed near the dunnes / primark exit of the centre.

Current Stores

The Forge has a range of shops including three anchor stores: Dunnes Stores, Primark and ASDA and a multiplex cinema on site. A McDonald's drive-thru is erected in the vincity of the car park. [ [http://www.forgeshoppingcentre.co.uk/shops_info/mcdonalds.htm The Forge Shopping Centre, Glasgow ] ]

The Forge Retail Park

The Forge Retail Park is situated opposite the shopping centre, near the Parkhead bypass. [http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/CA4575FF-FDDE-4526-859B-789E8FFD1745/0/AirQualityActionPlanv8.pdf page 32] Main stores include: Toys R Us [ [http://www.toysrus.co.uk/framestatic.aspx/StoreFinderScotland.htm Store Finder - Toys R Us ] ] , Woolworths, Next Clearance, Homebase, Pets at Home, KFC drive-thru and Pizza Hut. [ [http://www.pizzahut.co.uk/restaurant/huts/PARKHEAD-pizza-hut.html PARKHEAD Pizza Hut ] ] There is plans to remodel the retail park in the future. In line with regeneration of East end of Glasgow for the commonwealth games. It has also been indicated that a new Sainsbury's supermarket will be built between existing Woolworths and B&Q as part of a £20 million revamp.

External links

* [http://www.forgeshoppingcentre.co.uk/ The Forge official site]

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