St. Stephen's Hull
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St. Stephen's shopping centre, Hull opened on 20 September 2007 and today it attracts more than 10 million visitors a year. The shopping centre is a 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) brownfield site development in the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. It cost £200 million to build and was a key development in the resurgence of Hull as the centre of East Yorkshire culture and shopping. It is home to 12.8 acres (51,799.8 m²) of retail and leisure space and incorporates retail outlets, cafés, bars, fitness club, restaurants, a cinema and an award-winning multi-storey car park. Adjacent to St Stephen’s is the Albermarle Music Centre, Hull Truck Theatre and a hotel.
Its shops include Cult, next, USC, H&M
, Zara
, Oasis, Build-A-Bear Workshop
, Peacocks
, Pumpkin Patch
, TK Max, Topshop
, Topman
, The Body Shop
, New Look and The Entertainer, and many more, with a large Tesco Extra
, located at the rear of the complex being its anchor store and one of the largest in the country. The complex also contains restaurants such as Nando's
, Prezzo, Handmade Burger, Wok and Go and Starbucks
, as well as a REEL cinema.
St Stephen’s was one of most significant and eagerly anticipated regeneration projects in Hull’s modern history, forming part of a 15 year, £2 billion city centre masterplan, which once complete will rejuvenate six geographical areas, including three prime waterfront sites containing a mix of corporate headquarters, restaurants, attractions, boutique hotels, luxury apartments and Hull’s own World Trade Centre. In 2011, the owner of St Stephen’s, British Land, launched its first Community Charter making ten commitments to the local area.
St Stephen’s shopping centre has almost erased its carbon footprint. In July 2011, St Stephen’s succeeded in sending none of its waste to landfill, creating one of the most environmentally friendly businesses in the region. Its newly introduced zero-to-landfill policy means 100 percent of its waste will be recycled or incinerated for energy recovery, with all its non-recyclables being sent to an energy recovery facility site where it is burned and reused for energy. The shopping centre has two electric car charging sockets in its car park; the first charging points to be installed in the East Riding of Yorkshire. In 2011, St Stephen’s was the winner of the British Land CSR awards in the Water Reduction category.
A new transport hub Hull Paragon Interchange has also been built adjacent to St Stephen's, incorporating Hull's renovated Paragon railway station. It incorporates a new bus station, catering and retail units. A new 440 seat theatre has been completed for Hull Truck Theatre
as part of the development. Another part of the development is The Albermarle Music Centre, which was built at the expense of £3 million for the Hull Music Service as a centre where its youth orchestras, ensembles and bands can rehearse and practice, as well as being a new venue for other events and concerts.
Its shops include Cult, next, USC, H&M
H&M
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB is a Swedish retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing offerings for women, men, teenagers and children....
, Zara
Zara (clothing)
Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo, Galicia, and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Oysho, Uterqüe, Stradivarius and...
, Oasis, Build-A-Bear Workshop
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Build-A-Bear Workshop is an American retailer headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri that sells teddy bears and other stuffed animals. Customers go through an interactive process in which the stuffed animal of their choice is assembled and customized during their visit to the store, and is the...
, Peacocks
Peacocks
Peacocks may refer to:*Peacock, one of two species also known as peafowl*Peacocks *Nickname for English football club, Leeds United*A song from Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats...
, Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin Patch is a chain store based in Auckland, New Zealand. Mostly focuses on in the design, marketing, retail, and wholesale of children’s clothing primarily in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States...
, TK Max, Topshop
Topshop
Topshop is a British clothes retailer with shops in over 20 countries and online operations in a number of its markets. Its sales come primarily from women's clothing and fashion accessories...
, Topman
Topman
TOPMAN is the stand-alone fashion business counterpart of Topshop that caters exclusively to men’s clothing. A part of the Arcadia Group, which also owns Burton, Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Evans, British Home Stores and Dorothy Perkins, Topman has a chain of high-street men's clothing stores located...
, The Body Shop
The Body Shop
The Body Shop International plc, known as The Body Shop, has 2,400 stores in 61 countries, and is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world, following O Boticario, a Brazilian company...
, New Look and The Entertainer, and many more, with a large Tesco Extra
Tesco
Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...
, located at the rear of the complex being its anchor store and one of the largest in the country. The complex also contains restaurants such as Nando's
Nando's
Nando's is a casual dining restaurant group originating from South Africa with a Portuguese/Mozambican theme. Founded in 1987, Nando's operates in thirty countries on five continents....
, Prezzo, Handmade Burger, Wok and Go and Starbucks
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...
, as well as a REEL cinema.
St Stephen’s was one of most significant and eagerly anticipated regeneration projects in Hull’s modern history, forming part of a 15 year, £2 billion city centre masterplan, which once complete will rejuvenate six geographical areas, including three prime waterfront sites containing a mix of corporate headquarters, restaurants, attractions, boutique hotels, luxury apartments and Hull’s own World Trade Centre. In 2011, the owner of St Stephen’s, British Land, launched its first Community Charter making ten commitments to the local area.
St Stephen’s shopping centre has almost erased its carbon footprint. In July 2011, St Stephen’s succeeded in sending none of its waste to landfill, creating one of the most environmentally friendly businesses in the region. Its newly introduced zero-to-landfill policy means 100 percent of its waste will be recycled or incinerated for energy recovery, with all its non-recyclables being sent to an energy recovery facility site where it is burned and reused for energy. The shopping centre has two electric car charging sockets in its car park; the first charging points to be installed in the East Riding of Yorkshire. In 2011, St Stephen’s was the winner of the British Land CSR awards in the Water Reduction category.
A new transport hub Hull Paragon Interchange has also been built adjacent to St Stephen's, incorporating Hull's renovated Paragon railway station. It incorporates a new bus station, catering and retail units. A new 440 seat theatre has been completed for Hull Truck Theatre
Hull Truck Theatre
The Hull Truck Theatre is a theatre in Kingston upon Hull, England which presents high quality drama productions.It also tours its productions on a regular basis....
as part of the development. Another part of the development is The Albermarle Music Centre, which was built at the expense of £3 million for the Hull Music Service as a centre where its youth orchestras, ensembles and bands can rehearse and practice, as well as being a new venue for other events and concerts.