# Connswater Shopping Centre

United Kingdom · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-649a22f14e` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/connswater-shopping-centre/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-649a22f14e.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-649a22f14e.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-649a22f14e

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1983 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2025 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 162000 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Construction started on the shopping centre in 1982 and it opened in April 1983.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connswater_Shopping_Centre
- **year_closed**: “Access to the centre was blocked by 5:30 pm, and finally closed permanently at 6:00 pm on 21 March 2025.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connswater_Shopping_Centre
- **gla_sqft**: “At the time of the announcement, the 162,000 sq ft centre had 52 units, but only 20 traders remained, including Boots, the last remaining original shop in the centre, and The Range, which would stay open.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connswater_Shopping_Centre
- **status**: “Access to the centre was blocked by 5:30 pm, and finally closed permanently at 6:00 pm on 21 March 2025.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connswater_Shopping_Centre

## Anchors

Stewarts Crazy Prices, Dunnes Stores, Dresswell, Next, Woolworths, The Range

## Timeline

- 1982: Construction started
- 1983: Opened
- 1994: Expanded to add 29 units with junior anchors Dresswell, Next, Woolworths
- 1996: Stewarts Crazy Prices rebranded to Tesco
- 2008: Renovation and expansion added food court
- 2012: Tesco unit reopened as Tesco Metro
- 2015: Tesco Metro closed
- 2015: Dunnes Stores closed
- 2018: The Range opened
- 2025: Centre closed permanently

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Connswater Shopping Centre was a shopping centre in east Belfast, Northern Ireland. It opened in 1983 and was one of the early large-scale shopping centres in Northern Ireland. The centre closed permanently on 21 March 2025 after 42 years of trading.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connswater_Shopping_Centre

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connswater_Shopping_Centre

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Connswater Shopping Centre, United Kingdom." Record m-649a22f14e, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/connswater-shopping-centre/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_connswatershoppingcentre,
  title = {Connswater Shopping Centre, United Kingdom},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/connswater-shopping-centre/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-649a22f14e, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.