City Sentral

City Sentral
Map
LocationStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Opening dateCancelled
DeveloperRealis Estates
Total retail floor area60,387 m2 (650,000 sq ft)
No. of floors3
Parking1,000
Websitecitysentral.co.uk

City Sentral was a planned major retail and leisure development in city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was proposed by Realis Estates, and was a planned 650,000 sq ft (60,000 m2) regional shopping centre which was due to open in 2016.[1] The centre was to include a Marks & Spencer department store, a wide range of new stores and shops, cafés and restaurants, 'vibrant public spaces', a Cineworld cinema complex, an 80-room hotel, parking for 1,000 cars and a new bus station.[2]

City Sentral's proposed catchment comprised 870,000 people with more than 360,000 people living within 20 minutes drive of the city centre.[3]

The architects for the bus station were Grimshaw Architects and Benoy was working on City Sentral.

The branding of the proposed shopping centre divided residents in the city with many suggesting the deliberate misspelling of the word 'central' was unnecessary and open to ridicule.[4] City councillors were asked to support a motion demanding Realis changed the name but it was rejected on the grounds that it may deter inward investment.[5]

  1. ^ "A new regional retail destination, the scheme is set to transform shopping in Stoke-on-Trent". City Sentral. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  2. ^ "We cannot wait to start the building work on City Sentral". Stoke Sentinel. 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  3. ^ "A new regional retail destination, the scheme is set to transform shopping in Stoke-on-Trent". City Sentral. Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  4. ^ "BBC News - 'City Sentral' Stoke shopping centre spelling prompts row". BBC News. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  5. ^ "Councillors reject bid to rename £350m 'City Sentral' shopping complex". Stoke Sentinel. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2014-02-24.