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Braehead Phase One
Braehead Shopping Centre opened in September 1999, the first phase of one of the country’s largest riverside regeneration projects. Now firmly one of Scotland’s leading destinations, it offers a wide choice of shopping and leisure activities including skating, curling, the Maritime Heritage Centre and an international arena which plays host to national and international events.Braehead Phase Two
The second phase of the project has gained planning consent and is now well underway with many aspects having been completed or under construction. When fully complete it will include:
- 750,000 sq ft. of office space in 4 low density business parks. The first phase 1 of Renfrew Riverside Braehead will provide up to 33,500 sq ft. of business space and will be completed in August 2007. Business occupiers that have chosen to locate at Braehead include; Audi, Porcelanosa, Sleep Inn, GAP Group and Travel Lodge.
- Xscape (opened April 2006), a leisure scheme providing Scotland's first indoor real snow ski slope, a multiplex cinema, bowling, restaurants and specialty retail, in all some 460,000 sq. ft. of space. Xscape Braehead is a joint venture between Capital Shopping Centre's and Capital & Regional.
- Braehead will include over 2000 new homes comprising a mixture of flats, town houses and detached houses. The first homes where occupied in December 2005 and many more are now under construction.
- Clyde View Park (opened summer 2005) covers 7 acres and features green space, paths, cycleways, play areas, picnic areas, artwork, fountains. There is direct pedestrian access onto the riverside walkway which runs for 1.3 miles along the clyde.
- Infrastructure work including roads and the provision of services has now been largely completed.
