Centrale

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Centrale
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Location	Croydon, London, England
Opening date	2004
Developer	Drummond Centre Group
Management	St. Martins Property Group
No. of stores and services	61
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	1,000,000 sq
Parking	1,000 spaces
No. of floors	3 (including Tamworth Road and Keeley Road)

Centrale is a shopping centre in Croydon, south London. It is owned and managed by the St Martins Property Group and was opened in 2004.

Centrale is located on North End, Croydon, facing the Whitgift Centre. It was developed from the existing but much smaller Drummond Centre. It now contains several large stores - House of Fraser, Debenhams and TK Maxx - and around 50 smaller stores including Next, H&M, Zara, Timberland and Build-A-Bear Workshop.

The 1,000,000 sq. ft development also houses Croydon's first and only dedicated indoor food court on the upper level. The Restaurant Gallery was given planning permission after the main centre was built and opened in November 2005 with seating for 600 diners and food outlets such as Papa John's Pizza and Quizno's Subs. Other food outlets available in the centre include Mcdonald's (one of 9 in the London Borough of Croydon), Auntie Anne's and House of Fraser's World Of Food which has international cuisine available from a number of concessions including Yo! Sushi. Recent reports suggest that the remaining un-let units in the centre will be to exclusive outlets opening their first London stores outside the West End. The centre also houses a Mecca Bingo establishment.

As part of the development, Centrale committed to and paid for improvements to North End and the provison of a new Tramlink stop, Centrale, located adjacent to the centre on Tamworth Road. The stop operates as a fully functioning transport interchange with trams stopping on one side of the platform and local buses on the other. It operates, along with West Croydon and East Croydon as Tramlink interchanges within the 'Croydon Loop'. The view of Croydon outside the eastern windows is also truly amazing, you can even see the famous IKEA Towers in Purley Way.