Edmonton Green Shopping Centre
History and structure
The airy South Mall leading north is sheltered by a translucent roof and lined with a mix of shops. Leading off is the library and offices on three floors which was converted from a former departmental store. In the library, memorial boards to local people, from the old Town Hall can be viewed. The Market Square is a covered area (originally open to the elements) lit by clerestory windows. The market stalls today are permanent fixtures. The big, bustling no-frills market is popular with shoppers with a good range of goods, particularly - greengrocery.
The North Mall is treated differently, in the harder spirit of the late 1960s: a concrete coffered roof alternates with open light-wells, and ends in an open square, with two levels of shops and two stories of flats above; brutalistic, dark brick and shuttered concrete. The backdrop rising from the deck above North Mall is composed of huge slabs of system-built flats which the borough built so keenly at the time.
It was redeveloped in 2008 with a new large ASDA supermarket, which replaced the previous leisure centre that was situated there.
In 2018, Crosstree Real Estate purchased the centre for £72 million.
Stores
As of 2018, Edmonton Green Shopping Centre has over 100 stores, including Sports Direct, Deichmann and Matalan.
References
- ^ Transport for london- Buses Retrieved 9 April 2008
- ^ "Edmonton Green Shopping Centre, Unit 1, London | Office for rent | 9,391 sq ft | £7.50 psf". Realla.
- ^ Cherry.B &Nikolaus PevsnerThe Buildings of England p430 London:4 North ISBN 0-14-071049-3 Retrieved 11 April 2008
- ^ UK, FashionNetwork com. "Edmonton Green Shopping Centre sold for £72m". FashionNetwork.com.