MetroCentre is a shopping centre in the United Kingdom. It holds the title of largest shopping centre in the European Union. Located in Gateshead on a former industrial site, close to the River Tyne, MetroCentre opened on 14 October 1986 and has around 342 shops occupying 168,900 m2 (1.818 million square feet) of retail floor space. Additional retail space is available in the adjoining retail park which houses larger shops.
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MetroCentre is a shopping centre in the United Kingdom. It holds the title of largest shopping centre in the European Union. Located in Gateshead on a former industrial site, close to the River Tyne, MetroCentre opened on 14 October 1986 and has around 342 shops occupying 168,900 m2 (1.818 million square feet) of retail floor space. Additional retail space is available in the adjoining retail park which houses larger shops.
The MetroCentre has four malls; red, green, blue and yellow. It also has themed shopping areas; The Village, formerly known as the Antiques Village, The Forum, and The Studio, formerly known as the Mediterranean Village, and houses many restaurants and cafes. The first mall of the MetroCentre was built in 1986 - the red mall. At the time it featured a large Carrefour store, which later became Gateway and subsequently Asda. In the 1990s, Asda moved from the MetroCentre to a larger stand-alone store nearby, facilitating the redevelopment of the Red Mall.
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