Town centre development of indoor shopping malls in major towns and cities. Examples include the Manchester Arndale Centre, the St. James Centre in Edinburgh and the Bullring Centre in Birmingham. They tended to be constructed in a Brutalist or Modernist fashion reflecting the architectural styles of the period. During the Thatcher government of the 1980s, a change in planning policy allowed competing out-of-town shopping and leisure centres to be developed. Examples include the Metro Centre in Gateshead, the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Dudley, and the Gyle Centre in Edinburgh. Developments of this type have, in a number of places, resulted in
Harbour Place Shopping Centre prior its premature closure. In late January 2015, Golden Discs closed down unexpectedly with the loss of four jobs. The owners deemed the shopping centre “no longer commercially viable”. Harbour Place Shopping Centre Harbour Place Shopping Centre () is a shopping centre located in Mullingar, Ireland. The centre is anchored by Dunnes Stores, and it is overall the largest store in the shopping centre. It is one of the most well-known shopping centres in Mullingar, and one of the busiest in the town. Permission was granted by the Westmeath County Council for a shopping centre to be built beside Cusack