Metro Retail Park
The Metro Retail Park is situated to the west of Metrocentre. It has the layout of a conventional out of town retail park, with large stores such as Barker and Stonehouse, Toys R Us, NEXT Home and Staples. McDonald's and Pizza Hut are both situated to the south of the Retail Park site (in addition to other sites for both restaurants in Metrocentre itself). Until August 2007 the retail park was not actually under the ownership of the Metrocentre Partnership; it was purchased for £82.5 million.
Further west of the Retail Park there is a 24-hour Asda Supercentre and an IKEA as well as other retail facilities, while to the south there is a Marriott hotel and office buildings.
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