Container park explained

A container park is a type of outdoor shopping or dining park in which the businesses are typically housed in shipping containers.

Singapore

• Cosford Container Park^[1]

United Kingdom

See main article: Boxpark.

The first UK boxpark was created in Shoreditch, London, in 2011.^[2]

Other cities have featured temporary container parks, including Sheffield,^[3] Manchester^[4] and York.^[5]

United States

• Downtown Container Park^[6]
• Fort Worth Design District^[7]
• Arlington, Texas – due to open in 2024^[8]

See also

• Shipping container architecture

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tan . Mattias . 2024-01-29 . Cosford Container Park First Look - Tteokbokki, Grilled Lobsters & Views Of Changi Airport Runway . 2024-02-03 . TheSmartLocal - Singapore's Leading Travel and Lifestyle Portal . en-GB.
2. Web site: Carey . Sean . The world's first pop-up shopping mall . New Statesman . 28 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924201732/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2011/12/london-boxpark-world . 24 September 2021 . 3 December 2011.
3. News: 2023-11-16 . Poor decisions led to Sheffield Fargate container park failure - report . 2024-02-03 . en-GB.
4. Web site: Boxpark shipping container food hall set for Manchester . 2024-02-03 . Confidentials . en.
5. Web site: Spark:York's Shipping Container Shopping Experience . www.culturecalling.com . 28 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522053832/https://www.culturecalling.com/york/leisure/features/sparkyorks-shipping-container-shopping-experience . 22 May 2022 . en.
6. Web site: 2015-04-03 . Container Park welcomes five widely varying new businesses . 2024-02-03 . Las Vegas Review-Journal . en-US.
7. Web site: 2024-01-31 . Shipping Container Fort Worth Design District . 2024-02-03 . Fort Worth Design District . en-US.
8. Web site: South Arlington TX Welcomes New Retail Center Built with Shipping Containers . 2024-02-03 . 24-7 Press Release Newswire . en.