Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow : Information + Images

Shopping Mall : Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland

Address: Buchanan St, Glasgow
Contact: 0141 333 9898

News Update 2008
Scottish Government approve £400m extension Nov 2008

Buchanan Galleries - Expansion Approved

Nov 2007:
Planning approval for Buchanan Galleries 65,030sqm shopping centre expansion. Planning consent subject to approval by Scottish Executive

The Buchanan Galleries shopping centre by Jenkins & Marr Glasgow is the largest city centre development in Scotland. The shopping mall opened in 1998 at the north end of Buchanan Street, adjacent to Queen Street Station and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

buchanan galleries: image © adrian welch

The architecture is restrained and in a suitably civic large order. It uses a similar sandstone palette and orthogonal articulation to the adjacent Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

The Galleries area of 600,000 sqft of shops is set to increase following an announcement in April 2004 by the Buchanan Galleries owners - Slough Estates - for doubling the size of the shopping centre.

Buchanan Galleries east of Buchanan Street includes around 80 shops. Major shops include a John Lewis store, Habitat, Next, Boots and Hennes. The John Lewis store and Habitat store include cafes.
The Buchanan Galleries car park has 4,500 spaces.
Nearest metro: Buchanan Street

Buchanan Galleries - opening times
Please check with the Shopping Mall:
Mon-Wed, Fri, Sat: 9am-6pm
Thu: 9am-8pm
Sun:11am-5pm

Buchanan Galleries store - John Lewis Glasgow

John Lewis Store - photo © adrian welch

Buchanan Galleries Expansion
Major extension of Buchanan Galleries planned, to complete by 2010, new shops + redevelopment of Buchanan bus station

Buchanan Galleries Atrium building – proposal
2007-
BDP

Buchanan Galleries Expansion - Consultation
Joint owners Land Securities and Henderson Global Investors have launched a
large public consultation exercise with a brief exhibition in the Galleries shopping centre and feedback forms. As reported on this site previously an application for outline planning consent for building extension is due soon. Reported budget for expansion of the Galleries is £100m. Air-rights extension east of the shopping centre over the railway and utilisation of the current car parking space will underpin the expansion. The existing car park is due to be removed and 'replaced' above the Bus Station. 230207

Buchanan Galleries context : Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

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Buchanan Street Award
Buchanan Street, Glasgow won a major international award for its new design by Gillespies. The long north-south street - a key Glasgow shopping destination - was refurbished by urban designers, Gillespies. The award was received by Gillespies for Glasgow at a ceremony in Chicago. The £10m Buchanan Street refurbishment project lasted six years and involved mbm arquitectes from Barcelona.

Buchanan Galleries shopping centre architects : Jenkins & Marr

Buchanan Galleries was built by the same contractors as the Museum of Scotland and the Scottish Parliament - Bovis.

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Buchanan Galleries cost £83m - the shopping centre completed Mar 1999

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