Almondvale Shopping, The Centre Livingston, McArthur Glen shop, West Lothian store, Scottish retail outlet
Almondvale + McArthur Glen : Livingston Shopping Centre
Shopping Centre in West Lothian, Scotland: Stores
post updated 10 March 2024
Livingston Shopping Centre
Location: Almondvale Shopping Centre, The Elements, Livingston, EH54 6G, West Lothian
£90m expansion – approved Summer 2006
This major West Lothian retail project combines the Almondvale Centre + McArthur Glen Malls
Almondvale Shopping Centre Livingston
Architects: Building Design Partnership
Main Contractors : Miller Construction
Area: 400,000 sq ft
Construction: 2007-08
Shops*: Debenhams store, Mango, Zara, Office, Nine West
Plaza on Almondvale Boulevard – public space, city center, Mid Calder – photo taken on 19 August 2009:
photo : Plaza on Almondvale Boulevard by Claire M Jordan, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Livingston Shopping Centre extension also includes 28 flats + 84-bed hotel & multi-storey car park
Almondvale owners (2006) : Land Securities Group plc, trading as Landsec
Livingston Designer Outlet Scotland
Livingston Designer Outlet is the largest outlet mall in Scotland. It opened in 2000 under the ownership of McArthur Glen as McArthur Glen Livingston Designer Outlet.
It is located opposite The Centre (Livingston) shopping centre. The glass roof was designed by an architect called Don Hisaka, and is similar to the former Crystal Palace in London.
In August 2013 the complex was renamed to ‘Livingston Designer Outlet’ as the site was sold to LaSalle Investment Management. In 2017 the complex was once again sold, this time to Blackstone.
Almondvale Centre One of the southern entrances, picture taken on 22 July 2008:
photo : Richard Webb / Almondvale Centre, via Wikimedia Commons
Shortly after in 2018, the centre underwent a huge makeover. Blackstone invested several million pounds in order to appeal to a higher end market.
The outlet has around 100 stores such as Adidas, Marks & Spencer Outlet, Clarks Outlet, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Lindt Chocolate Store, Next Clearance, Ted Baker, Skechers.
The outlet also contains an upper floor with a Vue cinema which contains 8 screens, a Mini golf course with two 18 holes. A large food court is also located on the upper level with many fast food outlets such as McDonald’s, Subway and Chopstix. Many restaurants can be found close by, such as Pizza Hut, Pizza Express and Hot Flame World Banquet.
Livingston Shopping Centre architects: BDP – formelry known as the Building Design Partnership, located in Manchester, London, Glasgow, etc.
Website: The Centre, Livingston
Location: Livingston, central Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Shopping Malls, Retail Parks
Contemporary Scottish Capital Retail Property Designs – major building selection below, in alphabetical order:
ASDA Edinburgh Shopping Centre, The Jewel
Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, south Edinburgh
Gyle Shopping Centre, west Edinburgh
IKEA Edinburgh, south Edinburgh
Meadowbank Shopping Park, east Edinburgh
Ocean Terminal, Leith
New Town St James Centre, central Edinburgh
photo © Adrian Welch
John Lewis, central Edinburgh
Princes Mall, central Edinburgh
H&M Edinburgh
photo © Adrian Welch
* current at time of writing, please check with store operators
Scottish Capital Building Designs
Contemporary Scottish Capital Property Designs – recent architectural selection below:
Comments / photos for the Almondvale Centre + McArthur Glen Malls Building designed by Architects BDP (Building Design Partnership) and built by Miller Construction page welcome.