Highcross Leicester, The Shires, Shopping Centre, Retail Stores, Architect, Owner, Photo

Highcross Leicester : The Shires Shopping Centre

Shopping Centre Building by Foreign Office Architects, England, UK

post updated 11 March 2026

Date built: 2008
Design: Foreign Office Architects (FOA), London

includes a Debenhams store, a John Lewis store and a 12-screen Cinema de Lux.

Formerly The Shires Shopping Centre, Leicester

images from ArcelorMittal

Highcross Leicester

Material : Ugibright Polished No.7, by ArcelorMittal

More information online soon

Size: 46,600 m²
Opened: 1991
Ownership: Hammerson 60% / Hermes 40%
No of tenants: 77
Anchor stores: House of Fraser, Debenhams
Tenure: Freehold
Average rent: £470/per m²

Built in 1991, the Shires is a two-level scheme which provides the city’s prime offer for major fashion multiples with retailers such as Next, River Island, Oasis, and Monsoon. Retailers to have opened at the scheme as part of a tenant mix revitalisation strategy include Punky Fish, Swarovski, Karen Millen, Principles, Schuh, Eat and Starbucks.

Construction work on Highcross, a 60,000 m² extension to The Shires, which will be anchored by John Lewis, is progressing well and is scheduled to open in September 2008. Hammerson’s 60% interest was acquired in 2002.

Highcross Leicester design : Foreign Office Architects

The Shires, Leicester shopping centre images / information from Hammerson in 271107

Parking: 3000 spaces

Phone: 0116 242 8644

Address: 5 Shires Ln, Leicester LE1 4AN, England, UK.