Flagship Shopping Centre
Northern Ireland · Retail · August 2021
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Type
- Retail
- Published
- August 2021
- Contributor
- UrbandonedTeam
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- 22 photographs
- Videos
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History
Built on an old gasworks site, the Flagship Centre was constructed in the early 1990s spanning 250,000 sq. ft and comprising of space for 30 tenants. Some stores at the mall were Argos, Iceland, Co-Op, PoundWorld, Peacocks and a food court with a KFC, Burger King and a Subway. Although it had a successful opening decade, visitor numbers declined since and many shops left in the next 20 years. 2012 left the future of the mall in doubts with a large group of retailers leaving all at once. By 2016, only eight of the maximum 30 tenants were occupied, GameStop, Peacocks and Ethel Austin amongst those to leave. In a desperate attempt to save the failing site, it was sold multiple times to different investors but it proved too little too late, locking up to the public in February 2019.
One of two atriums.
Inside some ground floor shops.
The main entrance.
The mall's food court. The Burger King was one of the only restaurants with it's branding remaining.
Above the main skylight hall.
A small convenience shop on the second floor.
Finally, the largest shop on site, boasting 25,000 sq. ft - a Co-Operative supermarket.
