Glasgow Fort

Glasgow Fort Shopping Centre

Glasgow Fort in 2009
Location	Glasgow, Scotland, Garthamlock
Coordinates	55°52′16″N 4°08′12″W / 55.87122°N 4.1367°W / 55.87122; -4.1367
Address	Glasgow Fort, Junction 10 M8
Opening date	2004
Developer	Pillar Property plc and Capital & Regional plc
Owner	British Land
Architect	Cooper Cromar
No. of stores and services	93
No. of anchor tenants	5
Total retail floor area	506,218 sq ft (47,029.2 m2)
Parking	2,600 spaces
Website	glasgowfort.com

Glasgow Fort is a large out-of-town shopping and leisure park located in Glasgow, Scotland, just off Junction 10 of the M8 motorway which runs to the south, surrounded by the residential areas of Provanhall, Garthamlock and Easterhouse. It was opened in 2004^[1] built on land which had been part of Auchinlea Park (previously the site of two quarries)^[2] which still exists to its immediate east.^[3]

Description

The concept is unusual when compared to other local out-of-town shopping centres such as Braehead and Silverburn, in that it is uncovered and therefore the spaces between units are open to the elements, therefore technically categorising it as a retail park. The design of the area incorporates a "two-sided mall design" intended to recreate a traditional high street.^[4]

The scheme opened in October 2004 with Phase 1 of the development providing 390,946 sq ft (36,320.1 m²) of retail accommodation.^[4] There are currently over 100 retail units and two additional kiosks. Retail range in size from small single floor 570 sq ft (53 sq m) spaces to large multi-floor units that are over 22,000 sq ft (2,000 m²) in size. There are approximately 2,500 car parking spaces for the park.^[5] In 2016, a new multi-storey car park opened with over 600 spaces in it.

From 2012 to 2013, an extension to Glasgow Fort Shopping was under construction. It opened in October 2013, with hundreds of Glaswegians attending the grand opening. The extension included five new restaurants: Chiquito; Prezzo; Wagamama; TGI Friday's and Harvester, alongside an eight-screen Vue Cinema.^[6]

Between 2014 and 2015, another large extension began. With various new restaurants, shops and a large Marks and Spencer,^[7] the extension opened in late 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Stores

Below are just a few of the many stores, as of May 2023: New Look TK Maxx Next JD Sports Argos Asda Living Vue Cinemas Smiggle Hobbycraft Quiz M&S Poundland Smyths Barrhead Travel Argos Subway Greggs

• There is also a Morrisons supermarket in the vicinity, completed about the same time (2005)^[8] and sited to the east of the main centre across Auchinlea Park towards Easterhouse, but this is not considered to officially be part of the Fort.

• There is also a McDonald's opened in 2021 located in the car park of Morrisons^[9]

A New Parking Lot was opened to insure customers that their parking worries would be less of a stress

Transport

Buses and trains run regularly to Easterhouse railway station (2 miles away) from Glasgow City Centre, in addition to buses from the city to the complex, making Glasgow Fort easily accessible by public transport.

First Bus: 38 38A 19 60A 60 46

Stagecoach: X19

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glasgow Fort.

• Glasgow Fort at Canmore
• Architecture Scotland - Portfolio page with images^{[permanent dead link]}
• Cooper Cromar Architects of the park - Portfolio page with images
• Glasgow Fort at Gazetteer for Scotland

This page was last edited on 25 June 2023, at 17:31