Editing Braehead (section)

==Braehead shopping centre==
{{Infobox shopping mall
| name              = Braehead
| location          = [[Renfrewshire]], Scotland
| coordinates       = {{coord|55.875987|-4.364843|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| image             = Braehead Shopping Centre - geograph.org.uk - 118773.jpg
| opening_date      = September 21, 1999<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12247151.fears-for-town-trade-as-braehead-centre-opens/ |title=Fears for town trade as Braehead centre opens |work=The Herald |date=22 September 1999|access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>
| developer         = 
| owner             = Savills
| number_of_stores  = 110
| number_of_anchors = 7 ([[Primark]], New Look, Boots, Next, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and IKEA)
| floor_area        = {{convert|98,474|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}
| floors            = 2
}}
The shopping centre opened in September 1999 and comprises {{convert|98,474|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} of retail and leisure floorspace.<ref>[http://www.capital-shopping-centres.co.uk/shoppingcentres/braehead/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925184348/http://www.capital-shopping-centres.co.uk/shoppingcentres/braehead/|date=25 September 2006}}</ref> The centre has 110 shops in the main covered mall, and a further 10 in a retail park of larger stores. Braehead is also home to Glasgow's [[IKEA]] store, which opened in September 2001<ref name="IKEA">{{cite web |url=https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/about_ikea/facts_and_figures/ikea_group_stores/united_kingdom.html |title=United Kingdom – IKEA |website=www.ikea.com |publisher=IKEA |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190317190355/https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/about_ikea/facts_and_figures/ikea_group_stores/united_kingdom.html |archive-date=17 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and sits near the [[King George V Dock, Glasgow|King George V Dock]]. At {{convert|29,000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}},<ref name="IKEA"/> it is the largest IKEA store in Scotland and at the time of opening was the largest in the United Kingdom. Since opening, the centre has proved popular with consumers, and it has even been blamed for a downturn in the fortunes of shops in nearby [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], [[Govan]] and [[Renfrew]].

Sited within the same building as the shopping centre is the [[Braehead Arena]] and other facilities including an ice rink. In 2000, its [[curling]] facilities hosted the World Championships, and in 2005 they were used as training facilities when the Women's World Championships were being held in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]].

On 7 October 2011, a father was stopped by security and questioned by police under anti-terror legislation after photographing his daughter at an ice-cream stall. This resulted in a social media backlash and statements from both Braehead's management and Strathclyde Police.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15236758 |title=Row over photo in shopping centre |work=BBC News |date=10 October 2011|access-date=10 October 2011}}</ref>

As of January 2013, a planning application was submitted to Renfrewshire Council for 'permission in principle' to build a new mixed-use development at the centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/braehead_shopping_centre.htm|title=Braehead Shopping Centre - Glasgow Skating |date=22 January 2013 |access-date=25 October 2013}}</ref>

In 2018, Braehead was named the top Scottish shopping centre in a [[GlobalData]] report.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://internaltools.globaldata.com/static/GlobalData%20Consulting%20Top%2050%20UK%20Shopping%20Centres%202018.pdf  |title=Top UK Shopping Centres |website=internaltools.globaldata.com |access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insider.co.uk/news/intu-braehead-silverburn-east-kilbride-13437508 |title=New report names its top Scottish shopping centre |website=www.insider.co.uk |date= 18 October 2018|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>

Following Intu Properties plc entering administration in June 2020, a subsidiary of the company called Intu SGS received funding to take full control of the centre along with Lakeside, Victoria Centre and Intu Watford. The transfer from Intu to Intu SGS is expected to take place by the end of 2020, and will involve Global Mutual becoming asset manager of the centres and [[Savills]] serving as property manager.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nazir |first1=Sahar |title=Intu SGS secures £30m to take full control of 4 Intu centres |url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2020/08/intu-sgs-secures-30m-to-take-full-control-of-4-intu-centres/ |access-date=30 August 2020 |work=Retail Gazette |date=27 August 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, it was reported that Braehead Shopping Centre was trialling the use of full-body security scanners at the entrance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/18851605.braehead-shopping-centre-introduces-full-body-security-scanners/|title=Did you see these today? Braehead shopping centre introduces full-body security scanners}}</ref>