Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre

Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre

The arc joining intu Milton Keynes to the Centre:MK
Location	Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Opening date	25 September 1979
Developer	MKDC
Owner	Prudential, Hermes Investment Management (thecentre:mk) Intu Properties (intu Milton Keynes)
No. of stores and services	over 220 (thecentre:mk) over 50 intu (Milton Keynes)
No. of anchor tenants	4 Total length 1 km
Total retail floor area	1,790,000 ft² (166,000 m²)
No. of floors	One access floor, bigger stores have two or three internally
Parking	over 17,000 spaces nearby
Website	thecentre:mk intu Milton Keynes

Coordinates: 52°02′37″N 0°45′20″W / 52.0436°N 0.7555°W / 52.0436; -0.7555

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Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre is a regional shopping centre located in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England which is about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. It comprises two adjacent shopping centres, the grade II listed building thecentre:mk which opened in 1979, and intu Milton Keynes (originally Midsummer Place) opened in 2000. The centre:mk is anchored by John Lewis, House of Fraser and Marks and Spencer, with Debenhams at intu Milton Keynes. The complex is the 14th largest shopping centre in the UK, with the size of 120,773 sq metres.

The Milton Keynes Development Corporation began work on the Shopping Building in 1973. It was to be the largest building of Central Milton Keynes. It had a total length of over 1 kilometer and a maximum width of 116 meters. It was built at the highest point in the "New City". The architects were Derek Walker, Stuart Mosscrop, and Christopher Woodward, who had been significant architects at the MK Development Corporation; and the engineers were Felix Samuely and Partners. The shopping area was opened on 25 September 1979 by Margaret Thatcher. The building's sleek envelope accommodated 130 shops and six department stores, arranged along two parallel day-lit arcades, each 800 meters long and planted with sub-tropical and temperate trees.