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 The interior of part of the covered extension | |
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| Location | Leicester, England |
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| Coordinates | 52°38′11.00″N 1°8′8.00″W / 52.6363889°N 1.1355556°W |
| Address | 5 Shires Lane |
| Opening date | 1991 (extension opened 4 September 2008) |
| Developer | Hammerson Hermes Real Estate |
| Architect | Foreign Office Architects (Highcross extension) |
| No. of stores and services | 140 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | 110,000 m2 (1,200,000 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 2 (up to 4 in department stores) |
| Parking | 3000 spaces |
| Website | highcrossleicester |
Highcross Leicester is a shopping centre in Leicester, England. It was opened as The Shires in 1991 to supplement the Haymarket Shopping Centre, also since re-developed. It was built on a central location within the city centre on Eastgates and High Street. Frontages of buildings that were demolished were retained and new external construction was in a 'neo-Victorian' vernacular. An extension opened in 1994, with a frontage on to Church Gate. A further large extension opened in 2008, when the entire centre was renamed Highcross Leicester. Highcross Leicester contains over 100 shops, with a range of both large and smaller units, including branches of the department stores John Lewis & Partners. There are also 40 restaurants and cafés, a Showcase Cinema de Lux and two large car parks.