St.David's (Shopping Centre) (Cardiff)

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427,000 sq ft (39,670 sq m) of retail space
No of shops: 75 shops and stores
Anchor stores: Debenhams, Marks & Spencer, Boots, BHS
Transport Links: Bus stops, two railway stations, taxi rank
Ownership: St David's Partnership is a joint venture between Capital Shopping Centres (50%) and Land Securities Group (50%)

St. David's (previously known as St. David's Shopping Centre) is one of the principal shopping centres in the city centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. Located in The Hayes area of the southern city centre. Owing to the extension of St Davids 2 in 2009, St David's is now the eleventh largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom.

The original St David’s centre was given a £50 million comprehensive refurbishment, to sit alongside the new build element of the scheme. The modernisation programme included new a cutting-edge look with state-of-the-art flooring, lighting and wall coverings. A purpose built mall was created as part of the renovation work that will link with the new development, containing 16 newly formatted units. The works also included a 30,000sq ft extension for Debenhams.The modernisation works completed in Autumn 2009 just ahead of the re-launch of St David’s.

In 2008-9, the annual footfall of the centre was 27 million, and is expected to rise to 33 million in 2009-10.20 million people visited the centre during the first six months after the opening of St. David's 2.

St David's was crowned the international shopping centre of the year in 2010 by Global Retail Leisure International, beating contenders in Portugal and Singapore.St. David's is patrolled by three paramedics on bicycles between every Friday and Sunday in order to respond rapidly to medical emergencies.

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