Capitol Shopping Centre (Cardiff)

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Capitol Centre (previously: Capitol Exchange Centre) is a two-storey indoor shopping centre in the city of Cardiff, Wales. The building is built on the site of the former Capitol Cinema and theatre, and is situated at the eastern end of Queen Street near the Dumfries Place bus terminus and Cardiff Queen Street railway station.

It advertises itself as the premier shopping destination in Cardiff, with a focus on the higher end of women's fashion, including tenants such as, Jaeger, Dune, Phase Eight, Hobbs, Eden Park, Internacionale, Moda in Pelle and Austin Reed. It is anchored by a large H&M store, with the front of the centre being dominated by Sports Direct since Virgin Megastores and Zavvi ceased operations in 2009.

Other tenants of the centre include: Cafe Caribe and Soho Coffee Company both long established cafe restaurants. Pulse Cafe Bar & Nightclub is also part of the centre, albeit with a separate external entrance. Orange, 3, Halifax plc, BSkyB, Vidal Sassoon, Monsoon Accessorize, Mac, Boots (who also have a large store further down Queen Street in the St.David's Centre) & Fat Face.

The centre had originally also housed a five-screen Odeon cinema up until 2001, however following the closure of the cinema, this area of the centre has not been used. There are plans to develop 164 apartments, plus retail and commercial space and additional car parking facilities at the corner of North Edward Street and Station Terrace. This would provide 50 per cent additional spaces, bringing the total car parking spaces up to 632. The scheme architects are Dobson Architects and it is expected that the new scheme could be completed by 2012.

www.capitolshopping.co.uk/