Complex sentence: Located in Gateshead on a former industrial site, close to the River Tyne, MetroCentre opened on 14 October 1986 and has around 342 shops occupying 168,900 m2 (1.818 million square feet) of retail floor space.
Split into simpler sentences: Located in Gateshead on a former industrial site, close to the River Tyne. It has over 340 shops occupying 168,900 m2 (1.818 million square feet) of retail floor space.