Category Archives: Centrale

Up to 30% off at student night at Centrale and Whitgift

Posted on October 3, 2018 by

Students are invited to visit Croydon town centre’s Centrale and Whitgift shopping malls tomorrow evening to take advantage of a range of special offers and up to 30 per cent off in-store at a host of participating shops and restaurants, … Continue reading →

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Now Debenhams could be seeking rent break from Centrale

Posted on September 11, 2018 by

Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on the latest set-back to a £1.4billion redevelopment of the town centre based on retailing Hammerson, one half of The Croydon Partnership which wants to rebuild a vast town centre shopping mall, could face the … Continue reading →

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Newman hails ‘key milestone’ as CPO begins for Westfield

Posted on September 7, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the council’s latest, detail-lite announcement on the £1.4bn Hammersfield scheme The council has finally started buying up the parcels of land around the Whitgift Centre, to allow work to begin on the £1.4billion Hammersfield redevelopment. It … Continue reading →

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More trouble in store as House of Fraser is sold to Ashley

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

MT WALLETTE, our retailing correspondent, on the latest set-back for Croydon’s plans for a £1.4bn temple to shopping House of Fraser, the troubled department store, has this morning been snatched out of administration by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley for … Continue reading →

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Council has contingency plan for ‘blighted’ Westfield scheme

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

The council is readying itself for a ‘hard Crexit’ over a £1.4bn town centre redevelopment, according to industry watchers. By WALTER CRONXITE There could be a further delay of two more years, to 2025, before the new Westfield shopping mall … Continue reading →

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Brent Cross takes a £1.4bn hit as Hammerson signals a go-slow

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

High Street closures and Brexit uncertainties mean that retail landlord Hammerson is getting cold feet over redevelopment schemes for its shopping centres around the capital. WALTER CRONXITE reports Hammerson has shelved its plans for the £1.4billion redevelopment of its Brent … Continue reading →

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Financial Times predicts Hammerson will sell stake in Croydon

Posted on July 23, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on how more boardroom manoeuvring is threatening the long-delayed redevelopment of the town centre There may be clear blue skies over Croydon during this long, hot summer, but there’s a dark cloud of uncertainty sitting right above … Continue reading →

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