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
Silverburn Shopping Centre Silverburn Shopping Centre Silverburn (also known as Pollok Town Centre or The Centre) is an 'out of town' shopping centre located on Barrhead Road in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland. The development replaces the 75 acre (214,000 sq ft) Pollok centre with a brand new shopping centre, anchored by Tesco, Next, Marks & Spencer and Debenhams. The completed Silverburn opened for the first time on Thursday 25 October 2007, designed by Building Design Partnership (architects), Stuart McTaggart (civil and structural engineers) and constructed by Bovis Lend Lease. The largest Scottish Tesco Extra opened on 10 July 2006 at the site, replacing the