Manchester Arndale a shopping centre, it never recovered. Stocks argues that these factors lay behind the Greater Manchester County Council's (GMC) strategic view that the county had too much retail capacity. From 1977 onwards the GMC consistently opposed further development, and would not support any before 1986. Trade increased in the early 1980s, though GMC policy against development and for retaining the relative importance of the retail centres remained. By the mid-1980s, the trend in retailing had moved from city-centres to out-of-town. The opening of Meadowhall Centre in 1990 added to the retail impact in the Sheffield city centre. The GMC was
Crescent Link Retail Park largely recognised that Crescent Link has benefited from passing trade along the A514, as this road is the main link between the Foyle Bridge and Belfast bound road. It will need to be seen what impact will occur to this passing trade when the high quality dual carriage way is built from 2012, which will start at the Gransha Roundabout and continue to its terminus at the eastern edge of Dungiven. The "Derry Journal" announced on 1 September 2010 that Boots had lodged plans to take over unit 15. Crescent Link Retail Park Crescent Link Retail Park is an out-of-town