Shopping Arcades are one of the categories of buildings in Anno 1800, available only in 
The High Life. They are effectively a mix of production building and a public building. They fulfill the basic needs of 
Engineers and 
Investors who live in skyscrapers, but require resources to be delivered and enough artisan workforce. Needs are fulfilled based on the street range of the arcades. Additionally, they provide buffs to residences within the circular radius of the arcades, such as reduced consumption of particular needs, bonus happiness and bonus income.
Shopping arcades can make use of several patents. Each patent requires three specific input resources and provides different buffs to the affected residences. However, for engineers and investors it does not matter which patent is selected, any of them can satisfy their needs.
Skyline Tower can benefit from shopping arcades located on the same island. Each arcade with a unique patent increases the population of the tower by 100 Investors, who do not consume any goods. Shopping arcades can be located anywhere on the island, they do not need to have the tower in their range. There are 3 shopping arcades, each with 5 patents, so in total there can be 15 unique shopping arcades on one island. Having 15 unique shopping arcades increases the population of the Skyline Tower by 1500 Investors.
List of shopping arcades[]
The following table lists all shopping arcades in the game. For more information about each building, see their individual pages.
| Icon | Name | Description | Region |
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Department Store | Offers various consumer goods for a high life society. |  
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Furniture Store | Offers various consumer goods for a high life society. |
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Drug Store | Offers various consumer goods for a high life society. |
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