Eldon Square Shopping Centre - Redevelopment and Reconstruction (2005 - Present)

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Reconstruction work began in June 2005 to convert the former bus station into a new lower mall, which houses Argos and Waitrose as anchor tenants. The new Eldon Square bus station opened on 18 March 2007 between John Lewis and Haymarket bus station. It features a series of glass screens designed by the artist, Dan Savage.

The former Green Market also closed and was demolished to make way for Eldon Square South, a new mall with Debenhams department store as the anchor tenant. Eldon Square South opened at 1030 on 16 February 2010 where other new tenants include an Apple Store, making Eldon Square the UK's largest city centre shopping complex once again, a title previously held by Manchester Arndale. The New Green Market at High Friars opened in March 2007, with its entrance on Nelson Street. This proved short-lived and it will close again in 2011 to make way for a new retail store Urban Outfitters, which will be opening onto Grainger Street.

The former Arcadia Group stores adjacent to Blackett Bridge have been turned into a large three-storey store for Next which opened in May 2011. From March 2010, the rest of Eldon Square is being given a revamp up to the standards of the new St Andrew's Way mall.