Category Archives: Centrale

Westfield ‘review’ drags on as retail has worst year since 1995

Posted on January 10, 2020 by

Our retailing correspondent MT WALETTE can find no good news for the nation’s high streets – which is very bad news for Croydon’s retail-led town centre ‘regeneration’ Last year was the worst on record for retailing in this country, with … Continue reading →

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What the election means for Croydon, Westfield and St Helier

Posted on December 13, 2019 by

After a long and sleepless night, our political editor WALTER CONXITE sifts through the wreckage of the General Election, and what it might mean for Croydon, and Sutton The fourth General Election since 2010 is significant because it is the … Continue reading →

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Another body-blow as Hammerson lists malls for sale

Posted on December 7, 2019 by

The latest body-blow to the prospects of the £1.4billion redevelopment of Croydon town centre came last night, with all the force of an Anthony Joshua uppercut: Hammerson is exiting the retail shopping park business, and doing so as fast as … Continue reading →

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£2.5bn fund closure is bad news for Croydon’s Westfield hopes

Posted on December 6, 2019 by

The doubts about whether the Westfield redevelopment of Croydon’s Whitgift Centre will ever begin grew even greater this week, as one of the country’s biggest property funds began blocking investors from making withdrawals, blaming both Brexit and the retail downturn … Continue reading →

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Centrale puts rhymes and reason into Mental Health Day

Posted on October 9, 2019 by

The Poetry Project is coming to Centrale and the Whitgift shopping centres this week, to help raise awareness of tomorrow’s World Mental Health Day. The two shopping centres will be displaying specially commissioned poems created by poet James McInerney to … Continue reading →

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Centrale offers £5 to first shoppers who ‘declutter to refresh’

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

Croydon shoppers are being encouraged to recycle before they refresh their wardrobes, as the Centrale shopping mall in the town centre announces it will host an autumn fashion and beauty event with a difference. “Declutter to Refresh” on October 4-5 … Continue reading →

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Claim a free book ahead of Whitgift Centre’s storytime

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

Get your bookmarks at the ready, as the Centrale and Whitgift shopping centres invite you and the little ones to storytime corner this Friday, September 6, on National Read a Book Day. Popular children’s author Helen Peters will be reading … Continue reading →

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