Grand Central, Birmingham
History
The original centre was built in 1971 as part of the reconstruction of New Street Station below. It was known as the Birmingham Shopping Centre before being renamed The Pallasades.
Redevelopment
As part of the New Street Station Gateway Plus redevelopment, Grand Central underwent a major overhaul, which included a six-year long programme of enabling works by a Birmingham demolition contractor, Colemans, formerly Coleman & Co. The mall has been redesigned with a Texlon ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) atrium roof as centrepiece, and it has over 60 stores across 500,000 square feet (46,000 m) with John Lewis as the main tenant. Many of the shops, restaurants and cafés are new to the city including Cath Kidston, The White Company, Kiehls, Giraffe and Tapas Revolution. It reopened in September 2015 along with the modernised Birmingham New Street station.
The shopping centre's name is given to the adjacent tram stop that opened in May 2016.
John Lewis announced in 2020 that its store would not reopen after being closed during the COVID-19 restrictions.
Grand Central was selected as a filming location for the 2023 film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.