Grafton Centre
The Grafton centre is a covered shopping centre in the east of central Cambridge, England. It is one of the three main shopping centres in Cambridge, with Lion Yard and Grand Arcade in the city's centre. The Centre dominates Fitzroy Street and Burleigh Street. The main footprint is linear, running from east to west. It has three atria, the eastern one being the largest. The mall is laid out across two storeys with some of the shops having more than one storey too. Currently more than thirty years old, the Grafton Centre underwent a £30m refurbishment programme in 2017 after being bought by Legal & General for £99m. It has since been sold to Trinity Investment Management for £61.4m. The main retail stores include Boots and Next. Until its closure in 2021, Debenhams was the largest store in the centre. It also has its own five-bay bus stop, a food court, Vue cinema and two multi-storey car parks, with capacity for 1100 vehicles. Unusually for a shopping centre of its type, the site includes a number of council flats at its western and northern edges. History Initial plans for a shopping centre on the site of the Grafton date to