Cardiff Bay Retail Park
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The Cardiff Bay Retail Park in Grangetown
, Cardiff
was once the site of the Ferry Road Landfill Site. It was built in around 1998. It is currently home to businesses which include Asda
and British Home Stores, Boots Group and Argos
. There have been many turnovers in businesses, yet new phases are still being added.
Maples was a homeware store that closed in around 2000. Over the years, the unit has been split into 3 smaller units.
Furnitureland and Powerhouse both closed their units in 2007. BHS then refurbished both to create one large unit.
JJB closed their unit here once they moved to the Capital Retail Park in Leckwith, which also included a gym.
The new Dunleavy Drive section of the Cardiff Bay Retail Park was built in 2008. There are two spare restaurant units.
and IKEA
.
Adjoining the retail park is the Cardiff International Sports Village
which has shops including Morrisons
and Toys R Us
Grangetown, Cardiff
Grangetown is a community in the south of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by Riverside, Canton and Butetown. The River Taff winds its way through the area...
, Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
was once the site of the Ferry Road Landfill Site. It was built in around 1998. It is currently home to businesses which include Asda
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
and British Home Stores, Boots Group and Argos
Argos (retailer)
Argos is the largest general-goods retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 800 stores. It is unique amongst major retailers in the UK in that it is a catalogue merchant...
. There have been many turnovers in businesses, yet new phases are still being added.
Phase One
| Unit(s) | Current Business | Current Status | Previous Business | Date Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Asda Asda Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile... |
Open | ||
| A1 | Brantano Brantano Brantano Footwear is a European chain of retail stores specialising in footwear for men, women and children.-Origin:The company originated from a small factory run by André Brantegem and his brother in Lede, East Flanders. The Brantegem brothers were sons of a cobbler. They specialised in ladies'... |
Open | Maples | ~2000 |
| A2 i | JD Sports JD Sports JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as just JD, is a sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England with shops throughout the United Kingdom and with one in Ireland... |
Open | ||
| A2 ii | BANK | Open | ||
| B | SportsDirect.com | Open | JJB Sports JJB Sports JJB Sports plc is a United Kingdom sports retailer. It currently operates 251 stores in the UK and Ireland.- History :The sportshop chain was founded in 1971, when ex-footballer Dave Whelan acquired a single sports shop in Wigan. The original store was established by JJ Broughton in the early... |
February 2009 |
| C | Pets at Home Pets at Home Pets at Home is a large pet supplies retail chain in the United Kingdom. With 300 stores nationwide, it is the largest pet supplies retail chain in the United Kingdom Pets at home currently have over 5000 employees... |
Open | ||
| D | Boots | Open | ||
| E | Argos Argos (retailer) Argos is the largest general-goods retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 800 stores. It is unique amongst major retailers in the UK in that it is a catalogue merchant... |
Open | ||
| F | ||||
| G | Bhs Home Store | Open | Powerhouse Powerhouse (shop) Powerhouse was a United Kingdom electrical goods retail chain which went into administration in 2003 and finally entered receivership in August 2006... |
2007 |
| H | Furnitureland | 2007 | ||
| I (Ex2) | McDonalds | Open |
Maples was a homeware store that closed in around 2000. Over the years, the unit has been split into 3 smaller units.
Furnitureland and Powerhouse both closed their units in 2007. BHS then refurbished both to create one large unit.
JJB closed their unit here once they moved to the Capital Retail Park in Leckwith, which also included a gym.
Phase Two
| Unit(s) | Current Business | Current Status | Previous Business | Date Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | Staples | Open | ||
| K | Holiday Hypermarket | Open | ||
| L | Rosebys Rosebys Rosebys was a retail chain, consisting of over 300 soft furnishing stores across the United Kingdom. Rosebys sold bedding, curtains, bathroom textiles, and other products... |
November 2008 | ||
| M | B & M Bargains Home Store | Open | Kingsway Furniture | 2004 |
| N | Tiles R Us | 2004 | ||
| O | Pizza Hut Pizza Hut Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread.... |
Open |
Phase Three (Dunleavy Drive)
Development WebsiteThe new Dunleavy Drive section of the Cardiff Bay Retail Park was built in 2008. There are two spare restaurant units.
| Unit(s) | Current Business | Current Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie & Benny's Frankie & Benny's Frankie & Benny's is a chain of Italian-American restaurants in the UK with numerous outlets nationwide run by The Restaurant Group plc. Its first location was Leicester in 1995 but now the chain has over 150 locations across the UK and also abroad, and smaller branches called "Little... |
Open |
| 2 | Appletree Private Day Nursery | Open |
| 3 | Majestic Wine Warehouse | Open |
| Greggs Greggs Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets.... |
Open | |
| 4 | Ski Lodge | Open |
| 5 | Starbucks Coffee - Drive Thru | Open |
| Drive Thru Unit | ||
| H | Harvester Harvester (restaurant) Harvester Restaurants is a popular family farmhouse-style licensed restaurant chain with more than 170 outlets in the United Kingdom.-History:-Courage:... - The Cardiff Bay |
Open |
Additional Stores
Other stores in the retail park and surrounding area include AldiALDI
ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...
and IKEA
IKEA
IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
.
Adjoining the retail park is the Cardiff International Sports Village
Cardiff International Sports Village
Cardiff International Sports Village is located in Cardiff Bay in the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is one of the largest regeneration projects currently in the UK...
which has shops including Morrisons
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
and Toys R Us