Liverpool One has been given the award for top shopping location of 2009 by leading trade magazine Retail Week.
Beating off Wesfield Shopping Centre in London's Shepherds Bush, the 42 ache complex walked away with the coverted award after only 11 months of trading.
The £1bn sceme has propelled Liverpool into the top five shopping locations in the UK and judges praised the development as outstanding.
Giving out the award the judges said: "To use an uncovered street-based design in contrast to traditional covered centres was hugely ambitious, but retailers deemed it a winner.
"It’s an outstanding scheme and is trading fantastically.
"It has managed to draw shoppers back from rival locations, and has succeeded in integrating with and strengthening the city’s existing retail offer."
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