Christmas 2018. The work is to be completed in 5 separate blocks to minimise disruption to shoppers and tenants. In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the car park was still in the process of being rebuilt. As of December 2022, the rebuilding of the car park is still in progress. Retailers Castlepoint has 40 stores and restaurants built over of retail space. Since opening in 2003, several stores have ceased trading at the centre such as Principles, Virgin Megastores, Suits Direct, All Sports, Barratts, Choices Video and Lunn Poly (later Thomson). After the sale of Virgin Megastores in the United Kingdom, the stores were re-branded as Zavvi and after going into administration in 2009, had some of their sites sold to HMV, which operated the site at Castlepoint until 2013, following the closure of some HMV UK stores. Castlepoint has a wide range of retailers including Sainsburys, TKMaxx, Robert Dyas, CeX, H&M, WHSmith, ASDA, B&Q, Clintons, Clarks, Waterstones, Superdrug, Marks and Spencer, Foot Locker, Accesorize, River Island, Mountain Warehouse, JD Sports, New Look, Boots, EE, Lakeland, The Entertainer, Barclays, NatWest and Easy Bathrooms. There are also a handful of restaurants and places to eat at the site too. These include Caffe Nero, Costa Coffee, McDonald's, Starbucks, Five Guys, KFC, Nando's, Sainsbury's Café and M&S Café. Four shops at the site at the site are currently empty as of January 2022. These shops are Argos, GAP and the Topshop retailers. A branch of Mountain Warehouse opened in a larger store December 2022. In 2023, Nike applied to pen a store in the former Gap unit. In March 2023, Holland & Barrett will open a branch in the old Mountain Warehouse. Awards 2005 Purple Apple Marketing Award for its Think Big! campaign. 2007 Safer Business Award. Gallery References Buildings and structures in Bournemouth Shopping centres in Dorset Shopping malls established in 2003