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Victoria Gate, formerly known as Eastgate Quarters and the Harewood and Eastgate Quarters, is a £650 million retail development under construction in Leeds, England, which is planned to open in late 2016.〔() Victoria Gate (website), accessed 27 May 2014〕 It is a project development by Hammerson. The first Eastgate masterplan was developed by Terry Farrell's and Outline Planning Permission was obtained in 2007. A number of different architects were appointed in 2007 for the several buildings within the Masterplan, including the Jerde Partnership and Benoy for the Templar Arcade, Thomas Heatherwick for Harewood Quarter, ACME for the John Lewis Store and McAslan for the buildings along Eastgate. The scheme was put on hold in late 2008. Hammerson announced in 2010 that work had commenced on a revised masterplan and in March 2011, a new Outline Planning application for Eastgate Quarters was submitted to Leeds City Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.estatesgazette.com/blogs/focus/2011/03/hammersons-eastgate-quarters-leeds-the-fly-through-video.html )〕 Eastgate Quarters was first announced in 2004 and followed several cancelled schemes for the derelict site to the east of Leeds city centre dating from the 1970s. On 13 July 2011, it was announced that planning permission had been given for the Hammerson scheme to proceed. The proposed development is sited on land that is used for car parking, and it was in the past home to a very small China Town which has caused some controversy due to the required relocation of the occupiers of the present buildings. There has also been some concern over the possible loss of old buildings which stand on the planned site of the development.〔()〕 Department Store John Lewis is the Eastgate Quarters' anchor tenant and is planned to occupy a store. Originally when the Eastgate Quarters was in early planning the second department store was to be occupied by Selfridges〔()〕 but due to a change in ownership in 2003 with the new owner Galen Weston halting all expansion Selfridges had cancelled their plans to open in Leeds. However, on 14 January 2008 Marks and Spencer was announced as the second anchor store for the Eastgate Quarters. It will open a unit including menswear, womenswear, childrenswear, a full home range, cafe and a food hall. It will complement and not replace the existing Marks and Spencer store on Briggate.〔()〕 Eastgate Quarters will have around eight levels, There will be of floor space in the centre and there will be 2,700 car parking spaces. ==Area== Victoria Gate will be located between the civic quarter, the West Yorkshire Playhouse and the existing retail quarter. Victoria Gate is flanked by the inner ring road, a major arterial route surrounding Leeds city centre. It is adjacent to the established Victoria Quarter shopping arcade and the Leeds City bus station. The location is also on the main access route from Leeds to the motorway network. The M1/A1 provides north/south access to the Midlands, London, Newcastle and Edinburgh. The M62 motorway provides east/west access to Hull, Manchester and Liverpool. The development will consist of three areas: 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「Victoria Gate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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