Centrale
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 Centrale Logo |
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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 | 4 |
Centrale is a shopping centre in Croydon, South London, the largest in London. It is owned and managed by the St Martins Property Group [1] 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 [2]. It now contains several large stores - House of Fraser, Debenhams and TK Maxx - and around 50 smaller stores including Next, H&M, Zara, Budwals and Build-A-Bear Workshop.
The 1,000,000 sq ft (100,000 m²) development also houses Croydon's first and only dedicated indoor food court on the upper level. The Food Gallery was given planning permission after the main centre was built and opened in November 2005 with seating for 200 diners and food outlets such as Papa John's Pizza and Quizno's Subs [3].
Other food outlets available in the centre include McDonald's (one of eleven 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 opened 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 provision 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 a Tramlink interchange on the 'Croydon Loop'. Along with this Centrale is very close to mainline railway station, West Croydon, which provides frequent services to Sutton and the surrounding areas in the London Borough of Croydon as well as services to Central London. East Croydon station is around a 10 minute walk from the centre.
The building has been designed to maximise the view of West Croydon from the eastern windows including the IKEA Towers landmarks on Purley Way. The building also has solar panels on the roof according to a report which was highlighting Croydon's Ashburton Learning Village on 24dash.com.
[edit] Stores inside Centrale
Centrale has many stores and does not have the typical numbering system of levels as many other shopping centres around the UK. Note that Tamworth Road is the equivalent to the lower basement, Lower Mall is the basement floor, North End is the ground floor and Upper Mall is the first floor.
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