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| Location | Plymouth, England, UK |
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| Coordinates | 50°22′20″N 4°08′15″W / 50.37222°N 4.13750°W |
| Address | 1 Charles Street |
| Opening date | 5 October 2006 |
| Developer | P&O Estates,[1] Morgan Stanley Bank |
| Management | DTZ |
| Owner | British Land (since January 2011) |
| Architect | Chapman Taylor |
| No. of stores and services | 66 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 8 |
| Total retail floor area | 425,000 square feet (39,484 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | 1270 |
| Website | drakecircus |
Drake Circus Shopping Centre is a 425,000-square-foot (39,484 m2)[2] covered shopping mall in the centre of Plymouth, England, which opened in October 2006.[3]
The building was designed by London-based architects Chapman Taylor[1] and built by Bovis Lend Lease.[1] Situated behind the ruined Charles Church, preserved as the city's civilian war memorial, the building provoked a mixed reception.[4] Just after it opened, the shopping centre won the inaugural Carbuncle Cup "for crimes against architecture", as the worst new building in the United Kingdom.[5][6] In 2007, it won two retail industry national awards, one of which was the Retail Week magazine's "Shopping Location of the Year".[7]
- ^ a b c "Doors open at £200m complex". BBC. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
BL2011was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Christine Eade (3 November 2006). "Eade on: how sops make Plymouth rock". PropertyWeek.com. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
- ^ "Controversy over £200m shops plan". BBC. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
- ^ Zoë Blackler (13 October 2006). "Bottom of the barrel – Carbuncles 2006". Building Design website. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
- ^ Tom Dyckhoff (10 January 2007). "The malling of our cities". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 4 March 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
- ^ "City mall wins location accolade". BBC News. 3 March 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2008.