The Spires Shopping Centre

The Spires Shopping Centre Barnet

Front of the centre
Location Barnet, England
Opening date May 1989
Management Savills
Owner William Pears Group
No. of stores and services 37
No. of anchor tenants 1
Total retail floor area 90,000 square feet
No. of floors 1
Parking Multi-storey car park (440 spaces)
Website http://www.thespiresbarnet.co.uk
The Spires as it looked in 2006.

The Spires Shopping Centre (also referred to as Barnet Spires) is a shopping centre in Barnet, north London, England. It is located in the centre of the town, on the High Street.

The Spires gained its name by incorporating the two spires of the Methodist church that had formerly stood on the site into the street-front facade of the shopping centre. It has many hallmarks of a smaller suburban shopping centre, and receives around 70,000 visitors per week.[1] It is unenclosed, and has two open-air atria along its length for people to pass through as they use the centre. Today these open areas are occupied by seating areas for several cafes.

There is also an attached multi-storey car park, intended for use of visitors to the centre and the neighbouring high street.

Expansion

In May 2008, there was discussion between the managing agents and the Barnet Residents Association about proposals to extend and refurbish the shopping centre, including an enlarged Waitrose store and an increased number of retail units. This was to increase The Spires competitiveness as many of the units are smaller than current industry expectations and so were failing to attract the highest rents or the best retailers.[2] Since then however there has been little sign of any changes occurring, and this is mainly blamed on the ongoing global recession.[3]

Ownership

In April 2013, William Pears Group bought The Spires from the bank UBS for a reported £34 million.[4]

Transport

The centre is served by many bus routes including the 614 and 234. The nearest tube station is High Barnet, situated approximately 10 minutes walk south of the High Street. National Rail services stop a little further away at New Barnet, from which there is a regular bus service, or a slightly longer walk.

References

  1. ↑ "About Us - The Spires Shopping Centre Barnet". Thespiresbarnet.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Spires Redevelopment (May 2008)". Barnet Residents Association. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  3. ↑ "Newsletter January 2009". Barnet Residents Association. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
  4. ↑ Jones, Nick (9 April 2013). "New owner for the Spires Shopping Centre". Barnet Society. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

Coordinates: 51°39′20″N 0°12′11″W / 51.6555°N 0.2031°W / 51.6555; -0.2031

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