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Salford Shopping Centre (locally known as Salford Precinct and formerly named Salford Shopping City) is a shopping centre located in Pendleton, from Manchester city centre.〔http://www.salford.gov.uk/d/3._appendix_b_spg_for_salford_shopping_city2.pdf〕 Built in 1972, the centre has been the subject of numerous redevelopment projects undertaken by Salford City Council. The centre has 81 indoor shopping units and an indoor market complex which sells a wide range of goods. Outside the indoor structure is a KFC, Post Office and Aldi store, which opened in early 2014. Opposite the main site stands a large Tesco store which opened in November 2012〔http://www.salfordonline.com/localnews.php?func=viewdetails&vdetails=37068〕 as part of a larger regeneration plan of the Pendleton area. ==History== In 1952 the Ellor Street development plan was announced and was to be chaired by councillor Albert Jones. The plan proposed the demolition of 6,000 terraced houses over a 300-acre site in the Hanky Park (Hankinson Street) and Ellor Street areas of Pendleton.〔https://www.facebook.com/SalfordShoppingCentre/info〕 The area was to be cleared to make way for a new shopping centre designed to relieve 147 shops along the A6 road affected by road improvements and replace 120 corner shops set to be demolished under the development plan.〔http://www.salford.gov.uk/d/Ellor_Street_Redevelopment_1963_pt1.pdf〕 In 1962 the project, which was to cost £5.25 million〔http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=716〕 (£95 million in 2013 terms) began. The original proposal was to build a site which consisted of 260 shops, a market, spaces for 2,000 cars, plus a hotel, offices and flats. This prompted a local newspaper to run the story with the headline "It will be the finest in Europe." Construction of the shopping centre and surrounding areas continued and on 21 May 1970 the new Salford Market officially opened. From 1971 onwards new shops inside the precinct itself began to open, the first of these being Tesco. However, due to a lack of funds and a political scandal which saw chairman Albert Jones jailed for eight months〔http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/albert-did-it-his-way-in-life-1009524〕 construction of Salford Precinct was halted. The site had only 95 shop units compared to the proposed 260, the hotel and two storey car park were never built. In 1991 the building was refurbished at a cost of £4 million, this included the installation of roofs across various walkways, making large swathes of the centre undercover. The shopping centre which at the time was known as "Salford Precinct" was renamed "Salford Shopping City." On 9 August 1994 the Manchester Evening News reported that Salford City Council was planning on selling off Salford Shopping City to raise money for local housing repairs,〔http://www.lgcplus.com/salford-agonise-over-shopping-centre-sale/1611976.article〕 these plans split the ruling Labour Party council, one councillor telling the press that it would be like "selling off the family silver." In 2000 Salford Shopping City was eventually sold to a private company for £10 million in an effort to cut the council's deficit. It was then later sold in March 2010 to Salford Estates for £40 million, the company stated that it wanted to invest in the precinct and link it to the new food superstore.〔http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=725〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salford Shopping Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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