The Glades (Bromley)
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The Glades is a British shopping centre owned by Capital Shopping Centres
(63.5%), CGNU (an Aviva
company) (21.5%), and London Borough of Bromley
(15%). It is located in Bromley
, South-East London. It has a total of 135 stores trading from a combined floorspace of 464000 sq ft (43,107 m²). The Centre opened on Tuesday 22 October 1991.
(also opening onto Bromley High Street), Debenhams
, Boots
, Waterstones, Zara
, H&M
, Barratts
, Game
, Disney Store
, New Look, Vero Moda/Jack Jones
and Superdrug
. In all, there are 135 stores within the Glades building.
The Glades also includes Regent Arcade, a parade of small boutique shops which runs from Elmfield Road near the street entrance to Debenhams and links in to the lower mall beneath Waterstones.
When the Glades opened there were 4 department stores:
The Littlewoods
and Marks and Spencer were originally on the High Street before the Glades was built. Both were originally retail use on the ground floor with the upper floors as office, staff and storage areas. When the Glades was built Marks and Spencer got a new food hall and only used the new Glades first floor for retail and later added part of the first floor of a previous enstension. The 1st floor of the original building was not used until the late 90s/early 00s when the Menswear Moved to the previous Littlewoods
Store. Littlewoods
extended the first floor to their existing High Street floor to the mezzanine of unit 225 (currently Republic
) giving the store access to both the Glades and the High Street however unlike M&S where you can walk stright through from the lower mall to the high street in Littlewoods
you would have to walk in the Glades side go up an esclator (or lift) in the Glades side walk along the mezzanine/first floor and down the stairs (or lift) in the original store or vice verser. The Littlewoods
extension was opened by the stores longest serving worker. Unlike Marks and Spencer Littlewoods
used the first floor of their existing High Street store giving them twice as much space with a restaurant and café.
When Littlewoods closed, the store became another Marks and Spencer, but which closed in the early 2000s. There was hope that another department store would take on the vacant unit however instead a new Japanise clothing shop Uniqlo
wanted the Glades side so a wall was put up between the extension and the High Street store and Uniqlo opened there , while Primark
later took the high Street side. A few month later Uniqlo closed due to low sales and later opened a store in The Mall in Bromley
. After Allders
closed Primark
moved out, Uniqlo
was replaced by USC
(later Republic) and Top Man Top Shop
took the High Street side recently adding Miss Selfridge
to the store.
The Glades has a gift card
that can be used in most of the stores around the centre.
The Glades development site also included provision for the development of a leisure centre
, to be called The Pavilion. A new church was built on the site of an old Co-Op store, and modern flats were also built by the owners on the Glades land.
Shops Prevously in the food hall
Shops Prevously in the food Court
. Lillywhites lease ended in September 2011. The unit is currently vacant and not under offer. It is being marketed as 1 large store with the opertunity of deviding the unit back to 6 units
Previous shops in units 204 to 208:
Capital Shopping Centres
Capital Shopping Centres Group plc is a United Kingdom-based Real Estate Investment Trust , largely focused on shopping centre management and development. Formerly named Liberty International plc, it changed its name to that of its major subsidiary in May 2010 after demerging its Capital & Counties...
(63.5%), CGNU (an Aviva
Aviva
Aviva plc is a global insurance company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the sixth-largest insurance company in the world measured by net premium income and has 53 million customers in 28 countries...
company) (21.5%), and London Borough of Bromley
London Borough of Bromley
The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...
(15%). It is located in Bromley
Bromley
Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...
, South-East London. It has a total of 135 stores trading from a combined floorspace of 464000 sq ft (43,107 m²). The Centre opened on Tuesday 22 October 1991.
Stores
Major stores within the centre include Marks & SpencerMarks & Spencer
Marks and Spencer plc is a British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom and over 300 stores spread across more than 40 countries. It specialises in the selling of clothing and luxury food products...
(also opening onto Bromley High Street), Debenhams
Debenhams
Debenhams plc is a British retailer operating under a department store format in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, and franchise stores in other countries. The Company was founded in the eighteenth century as a single store in London and has now grown to around 160 shops...
, Boots
Alliance Boots
Alliance Boots GmbH is a leading international, pharmacy-led health and beauty group. It has two core business activities - pharmacy-led health and beauty retailing, and pharmaceutical wholesaling and distribution - and has a presence in more than 25 countries...
, Waterstones, Zara
Zara (clothing)
Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo, Galicia, and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Oysho, Uterqüe, Stradivarius and...
, H&M
H&M
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....
, Barratts
Barratts
Barratts Priceless Ltd incorporates two long established high street brands in Barratts Shoes and Priceless Shoes in 2010. The Barratts shoes brand trades from 100 UK and Éire Stores and is committed to providing affordable fashion footwear...
, Game
GAME (retailer)
The Game Group plc is a British video games retail company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index....
, Disney Store
Disney Store
Disney Store is an international chain of specialty stores selling only Disney related items, many of them exclusive. Disney Store is a business unit of Disney Consumer Products. James Fielding serves as the President....
, New Look, Vero Moda/Jack Jones
Bestseller (company)
Bestseller A/S is a privately held family-owned clothing company based in Denmark. The company was founded in 1975 and has 10 brands. Today, Bestseller has well over 5,700 stores selling its product in more than 43 countries, which makes it one of the largest fashion companies in...
and Superdrug
Superdrug
Superdrug Stores PLC is Britain's second-largest beauty and health retailer behind Boots. Superdrug - part of the AS Watson Group which in turn is part of the Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa - is a UK based company with over 890 stores, which since 2006, includes the Republic of Ireland...
. In all, there are 135 stores within the Glades building.
The Glades also includes Regent Arcade, a parade of small boutique shops which runs from Elmfield Road near the street entrance to Debenhams and links in to the lower mall beneath Waterstones.
When the Glades opened there were 4 department stores:
- Department Store 1 - Boots [Opened Monday 28th October 1991] (previously where NextNext- Film and stage :* Next , an American film starring Nicolas Cage* Players , a Bollywood film produced under the name Next* Next , by Terrence McNally...
is) - Department Store 2 - DebenhamsDebenhamsDebenhams plc is a British retailer operating under a department store format in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, and franchise stores in other countries. The Company was founded in the eighteenth century as a single store in London and has now grown to around 160 shops...
[Opened Thrusday 24th October 1991] (previously where Dreams, CarpetrightCarpetrightCarpetright plc is one of the largest British retailers of floor coverings. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
(soon to be WilkinsonsWilkinsonsWilkinsons could refer to:*The Wilkinsons, a country music group.*The Wilkinsons , a reality TV show following the group of the same name.*Wilkinson a British store....
) and the offices above are) - Marks and Spencer - Extenstion to the current High Street store [Extension opened on Tuesday 22nd October 1991]
- LittlewoodsLittlewoodsLittlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling company founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by John Moores in 1923.It started as a shopping catalogue company, processing orders by post in the early 1970s. In 1981, it expanded to a call centre, processing orders via telephone. At its...
- Extension to the current High Street store [Extension opened on Tuesday 22nd October 1991]
The Littlewoods
Littlewoods
Littlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling company founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by John Moores in 1923.It started as a shopping catalogue company, processing orders by post in the early 1970s. In 1981, it expanded to a call centre, processing orders via telephone. At its...
and Marks and Spencer were originally on the High Street before the Glades was built. Both were originally retail use on the ground floor with the upper floors as office, staff and storage areas. When the Glades was built Marks and Spencer got a new food hall and only used the new Glades first floor for retail and later added part of the first floor of a previous enstension. The 1st floor of the original building was not used until the late 90s/early 00s when the Menswear Moved to the previous Littlewoods
Littlewoods
Littlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling company founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by John Moores in 1923.It started as a shopping catalogue company, processing orders by post in the early 1970s. In 1981, it expanded to a call centre, processing orders via telephone. At its...
Store. Littlewoods
Littlewoods
Littlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling company founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by John Moores in 1923.It started as a shopping catalogue company, processing orders by post in the early 1970s. In 1981, it expanded to a call centre, processing orders via telephone. At its...
extended the first floor to their existing High Street floor to the mezzanine of unit 225 (currently Republic
Republic
A republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of...
) giving the store access to both the Glades and the High Street however unlike M&S where you can walk stright through from the lower mall to the high street in Littlewoods
Littlewoods
Littlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling company founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by John Moores in 1923.It started as a shopping catalogue company, processing orders by post in the early 1970s. In 1981, it expanded to a call centre, processing orders via telephone. At its...
you would have to walk in the Glades side go up an esclator (or lift) in the Glades side walk along the mezzanine/first floor and down the stairs (or lift) in the original store or vice verser. The Littlewoods
Littlewoods
Littlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling company founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by John Moores in 1923.It started as a shopping catalogue company, processing orders by post in the early 1970s. In 1981, it expanded to a call centre, processing orders via telephone. At its...
extension was opened by the stores longest serving worker. Unlike Marks and Spencer Littlewoods
Littlewoods
Littlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling company founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by John Moores in 1923.It started as a shopping catalogue company, processing orders by post in the early 1970s. In 1981, it expanded to a call centre, processing orders via telephone. At its...
used the first floor of their existing High Street store giving them twice as much space with a restaurant and café.
When Littlewoods closed, the store became another Marks and Spencer, but which closed in the early 2000s. There was hope that another department store would take on the vacant unit however instead a new Japanise clothing shop Uniqlo
UNIQLO
is a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer.The company was originally a division of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.. On November 1, 2005, it was restructured as a separate wholly owned subsidiary called Uniqlo Co., Ltd. , which is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock...
wanted the Glades side so a wall was put up between the extension and the High Street store and Uniqlo opened there , while Primark
Primark
Primark is a clothing retailer, operating over 223 stores in Ireland , the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Belgium...
later took the high Street side. A few month later Uniqlo closed due to low sales and later opened a store in The Mall in Bromley
The Mall (Bromley)
The Mall is a shopping centre in Bromley, South East London, United Kingdom. It is small in size and is often overshadowed by the main shopping centre in Bromley The Glades...
. After Allders
Allders
Allders is an independent department store in Croydon, established by Joshua Allder in 1862. It is the fourth-largest department store in the United Kingdom.The Croydon store was the flagship of a large chain of department stores in the UK...
closed Primark
Primark
Primark is a clothing retailer, operating over 223 stores in Ireland , the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Belgium...
moved out, Uniqlo
UNIQLO
is a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer.The company was originally a division of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.. On November 1, 2005, it was restructured as a separate wholly owned subsidiary called Uniqlo Co., Ltd. , which is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock...
was replaced by USC
USC (store)
USC is a retail store that sells branded clothing across the United Kingdom. The first USC store opened in 1989 in Edinburgh and specialised in sports clothing. USC used to stand for United Sports Corporation and was founded by Angus Morrison and David Douglas...
(later Republic) and Top Man Top Shop
Top Shop
Top Shop may mean:* TopShop A British Clothes Store* BOARD GAME Top Shop - A PlayStation Game* A Serbian national shop located in Novi Sad...
took the High Street side recently adding Miss Selfridge
Miss Selfridge
Miss Selfridge is a nationwide UK high street store which began as the young fashion section of Selfridges department store in London in 1966. Miss Selfridge got its name when Charles Clore, the owner of Selfridges at the time, saw a window display in the Bonwit Teller store in New York which...
to the store.
Shops Planned to Arrive but didn't
- Review Clothing - Unit 1 (currently Café Nero)
- Baby Boom (moving from the Mall) - Unit 205b (currently part of Lillywhites) (1991)
- Café - Unit 241 (currently part of Zara) (c1993)
- Jumpers Knitwear - Unit 230 (currently Viyella) (c1993)
- Shoe Studio - Unit 36 (currently Headlines) (c1995)
- HSBC - Unit 55 (currently Select) (2005)
Planned Stores
- The EntertainerThe Entertainer (Amersham) Ltd.The Entertainer Ltd. is the United Kingdom's largest independent toy retailer, founded by husband and wife team Catherine and Gary Grant in 1981, when he purchased a local toy shop in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England...
Toy Shop (Not open on Sundays) - Unit 33 - Opening 26/11/11 - Esquires Coffee House - Previously Quiznos - Unit 268 with seating area in the centre
- Store currently unknown - Unit 55/56 - Currently Select and Tides - Units under offer
- Store currently unknown - Unit 256 - Previously MBT - Unit under offer
Facilities
Due to the sloping nature of Bromley High Street and The Glades, street level at the Boots end of the centre is level to the Upper Mall, whilst street level at the front entrance of the section is at the lower mall level.The Glades has a gift card
Gift card
A gift card is a restricted monetary equivalent or scrip that is issued byretailers or banks to be used as an alternative to a non-monetary gift....
that can be used in most of the stores around the centre.
The Glades development site also included provision for the development of a leisure centre
Leisure centre
A leisure centre in the UK and Canada is a purpose built building or site, usually owned and operated by the city, borough council or municipal district council, where people go to keep fit or relax through using the facilities.- Typical Facilities :...
, to be called The Pavilion. A new church was built on the site of an old Co-Op store, and modern flats were also built by the owners on the Glades land.
Food Hall to Ottakars
Above the Regent Arcade there was previously a food hall. The food hall had low profile shops called after what they sold. It opened in November 1991 a month after the centre opened. In late 1996 the food hall was closed and extra retail space was created in the upper mall between Gamleys (now Head) and McDonalds where the balcony over looking the food hall was. The lift at that location was also moved slightly and extended to car park 1 and car park 2.Shops Prevously in the food hall
- Unit 100/101 - Health Food (1993 - 1996)
- Unit 102 - Delicatessen [Extended in to unit 103 in 1993] (1992 - 1996)
- Unit 104 - Importers Coffee/Tea (1992 - 1996)
- Unit 106 - Importers Coffee Shop (1992 - 1996)
- Unit 107/108 - Fruit & Vegetables (1992 - 1996)
- Unit 109 - Fish Mongers (1992 - 1993)
- Just Sausages (1994/5 - 1996)
- Unit 110 (Glass Kiosk) - Florest (1992 - 1995)
- The Bonsai House (1995 - 1996)
Food Court to Shops
The shops including and between Time4Pets and Fun Learning was previously a food court with 6 shops, a large seating area and a fountain. The area was sometimes used for the Glades fashion shows. The area above (currently Zara) was previously County Bookshop (reopened on the lower mall where the food court was), a vaccant shop (previously Christmas Shop), ModelZone (moved to unit 223 until Athena closed down and it was moved to it's current location), Sofa Workshop (closed) and a large balcony over looking the foodcourt seating area. Like the Food Hall the Food Court were all independent retailers until 1995.Shops Prevously in the food Court
- Unit 42 (FC1)
- Burgers (1992 - 1995)
- Burger Box (1995 - 2002)
- Unit 43 (FC2)
- Potatoes (1992 - 1995)
- Jackets (1995 - 2002)
- Unit 44 (FC3)
- Sandwiches (1992 - 1995)
- Café Select (1995 - 2002)
- Unit 45 (FC4)
- Patisserie (1992 - 1995)
- Upper Crust Patisserie (1995 - 2002)
- Unit 46 (FC5)
- Chineese (1992 - 1993)
- Pizza & Pasta (1993 - 1995)
- Pizza Hut Express (1995 - 2001)
- Trattoria (2001 - 2002)
- Unit 47 (FC6)
- Traditional (1992 - 1995)
- Traditional Favorites (1995 - 2002)
Units 204 - 208 to Lillywhites
In September 1996 the long term vacant units 204, 205a, 205b, 206, Fire Exit (moved oppicite), 207 and 208 became LillywhitesLillywhites
Lillywhites is a sports retailer based at Piccadilly Circus, London, United Kingdom. It is currently a division of Sports Direct International.-History:...
. Lillywhites lease ended in September 2011. The unit is currently vacant and not under offer. It is being marketed as 1 large store with the opertunity of deviding the unit back to 6 units
Previous shops in units 204 to 208:
- Unit 204
- Brithday Co. (Gifts) (1992)
- Eisenegger (Menswear)(1993)
- Outback Trading (clothes)(1995)
- Unit 205a Original AR (NEVER OPENED) (1992)
- Unit 205b Baby Boom (NEVER OPENED)(1992)
- Unit 206
- Buttons Hi-Fi (1992)
- Price Carver (1995-1996)
- Unit 207
- Santa's Grotto (c1993) (Never had a long term tenant)
- Unit 208
- Stratton Opticians (1992)
- Christmas Magic (1994,1995)
Extension at main enterance
Building began in Autumn 2006 on a £25 million extension close to the main entrance of the centre. The development involved the demolition of two buildings on the high street and several existing units within The Glades. The new facility, when opened, included new H&M, Mango and Rituals stores, as well as storage space in the basement for shops.Toilets from upper mall to Carpark 2
Before the Extension to the main enterence the toilets opposite McDonalds were moved to car park 2 in the middle of the centre, with a small shop occupied by a dry cleaners, which closed down after a few months. There are however concerns that McDonnalds don't have public toilets in or near them. McDonnalds originally had toilets on the premisis but converted them in to a fast lane because there were toilets outiside making the toilets non essentialRiver Island (unit 85/86) mezzanine extension
In 2009 the mezzanine floor which was only staff and stock rooms above unit 86 was extended in to empty space above unit 85. The mens wear was moved to the mezzanine. The staff room was moved to the ground floor.External links
- TheGlades.uk.com (official site)