St George's is a covered shopping centre in Harrow, Greater London, which opened in 1996.[3] It is located at St Anns Road in the town centre nearby but separate from the St Anns centre. As of 2015 the centre has 30 units for retail, leisure and restaurant uses across three floors, including TK Maxx, Boots, Nando's, Vue and Fitness First.[2] St George's has an annual footfall of 8.9 million.[4] It is anchored by TK Maxx and the 12-screen Vue cinema.
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| Location | St. Ann's Road, Harrow HA1 1HS, England |
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| Coordinates | 51°34′53″N 0°20′21″W / 51.5814°N 0.3392°W |
| Opening date | 23 April 1996 |
| Owner | RDI REIT[1] |
| No. of stores and services | 30 |
| Total retail floor area | 215,000 sq ft[2] |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | 650 spaces |
| Website | www |
History edit
St George's was built on the site of a former furniture store called Adam's.[5][6] The building of Adam's furnishers dates back to 1910 when the short-lived Harrow Empire and Picturedrome was at before closing in 1913.[7]
The centre opened on St George's Day 1996 as St George's Shopping and Leisure Centre and launched with new stores for the town including a Virgin Megastore, Disney Store, and a McDonald's that still remains as one of two branches in the town centre. The centre also had a new 12 screen cinema under the Warner Village Cinemas which operates since 2004 as Vue.[8]
It was once owned by Propinvest. In 2011 the centre was bought by Redefine International for £68 million.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Information". St George's Shopping Centre.
- ^ a b "Redefining Retail in the Heart of Harrow" (PDF). St George's Shopping Centre. July 2017.
- ^ "George and Ann, A Brief History". 8 May 2018.
- ^ "St. George's | Centre Stage Leasing". centrestageleasing.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Walter, Don (15 October 2015). Harrow Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445637426 – via Google Books.
- ^ Online, Harrow (10 January 2018). "St Anne's Road, #Harrow in the 1980s. Adams (pictured on the left) is now St George's Shopping Centre.pic.twitter.com/oh1EZrfJyu".
- ^ "Harrow Empire and Picturedrome in Harrow-on-the-Hill, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org.
- ^ "Back in 1996, St George's Shopping Centre Was Very Different!". 27 March 2019.
- ^ Dixon, Annabel (7 April 2011). "Redefine buys Harrow shopping centre". egi.co.uk.
