Edmonton Green Shopping Centre

Edmonton Green Shopping Centre is a major retail and market complex serving Edmonton and surrounding communities in north London. The centre occupies a prominent position on The Broadway, close to Edmonton Green railway station and a substantial bus station, making it both a shopping destination and an important local transport-linked activity centre. It first opened in 1967 and forms part of the post-war urban development of Edmonton. The complex combines enclosed shopping areas with a covered market. Its retail offer has historically included more than 100 stores, ranging from national chains to practical everyday retailers. Stores identified in reference material include Sports Direct, Deichmann and Matalan. The centre also contains an ASDA supermarket, added as part of a redevelopment completed in 2008. This gives the destination a broad, convenience-oriented role rather than positioning it solely as a fashion or leisure centre. A defining feature is the market. The Market Square was originally open to the elements but is now covered and illuminated by clerestory windows. Its stalls have become permanent fixtures, and the market is known for a busy, no-frills atmosphere and a broad range of goods, with greengrocery particularly associated with its offer. The market contributes a distinct local and independent-trading character alongside the centre’s chain stores. The architecture is divided into contrasting areas. The South Mall is a relatively open, airy north-running space sheltered by a translucent roof and lined with shops. A library and offices occupy three floors in a building converted from a former department store; memorial boards from the old town hall are displayed in the library. The North Mall has a more austere late-1960s design, with a concrete coffered roof, open light-wells, dark brick and shuttered concrete. Two levels of shops and flats above the mall form part of a larger system-built housing setting associated with the borough’s post-war redevelopment. The centre underwent a significant redevelopment in 2008, including construction of a large ASDA supermarket on the site of a former leisure centre. In 2018, Crosstree Real Estate purchased Edmonton Green Shopping Centre for £72 million, according to the cited Wikipedia reference. Current ownership, management arrangements, tenant composition and trading performance are not established by the supplied source material. The centre remains an active local retail destination, with its combination of transport access, supermarket provision, chain stores and covered market making it an important commercial focal point for Edmonton.

Edmonton Green Shopping Centre opened in 1967 in Edmonton, north London. It was developed as part of the post-war transformation of the area and was placed on The Broadway, close to Edmonton Green railway station and a large bus station. This location gave the centre a strong local catchment and made it closely connected to everyday passenger movement through Edmonton. The centre was planned as more than a conventional enclosed retail building. It incorporated a market as well as shops, and its architecture reflects several strands of late-1960s civic and commercial design. The South Mall is sheltered by a translucent roof and has a relatively light and open character. A building leading from the mall contains a library and offices on three floors; the building was converted from a former department store. The library also preserves memorial boards associated with local people and transferred from the old town hall. The Market Square, another central component of the complex, was originally open to the weather. It was later covered and fitted with clerestory windows, while its stalls became permanent fixtures. The market developed a reputation as a busy, practical and affordable place to shop, offering a variety of goods and being particularly associated with fresh produce and greengrocery. The North Mall presents a contrasting architectural language. Its concrete coffered roof alternates with open light-wells, and the mall terminates in an open square. Two levels of shops sit beneath two storeys of flats, with dark brick, shuttered concrete and large system-built housing blocks forming a strongly urban backdrop. This area expresses the more austere and monumental side of late-1960s redevelopment, in contrast with the brighter South Mall. A major redevelopment was completed in 2008. The project added a large ASDA supermarket and replaced a leisure centre that had previously stood on the relevant site. The supermarket broadened the centre’s role as a comprehensive everyday-shopping destination and strengthened its food and convenience offer alongside the market and general retailers. By 2018, the centre was described as containing more than 100 stores. Named examples included Sports Direct, Deichmann and Matalan, illustrating a tenant mix spanning sports goods, footwear and clothing. In the same year, Crosstree Real Estate acquired the centre for a reported £72 million. The supplied reference material does not establish later ownership, management, financial performance, further redevelopment or changes in the tenant roster. Edmonton Green Shopping Centre is therefore best understood as an active local shopping and market complex whose identity rests on transport accessibility, practical retailing, a covered market and a distinctive post-war architectural setting.

• 2018

  Acquisition by Crosstree Real Estate

  [1]Edmonton Green Shopping Centreen.wikipedia.org

  Crosstree Real Estate purchases the centre for a reported £72 million.

• 2008

  Major redevelopment introduces ASDA

  [1]Edmonton Green Shopping Centreen.wikipedia.org

  A redevelopment adds a large ASDA supermarket and replaces the leisure centre previously located on the site.

• 1967

  Centre opens

  [1]Edmonton Green Shopping Centreen.wikipedia.org

  Edmonton Green Shopping Centre opens on The Broadway in Edmonton, close to Edmonton Green railway station and bus station.

A transport-connected, community-oriented shopping destination combining national retailers, supermarket shopping and a permanent covered market.

• Market retail

  Edmonton Green covered market

  The centre’s covered market occupies the Market Square. Originally open to the elements, the space is now enclosed and lit by clerestory windows, with permanent stalls rather than temporary open-air pitches. It offers a broad range of practical goods and is particularly associated with fresh produce and greengrocery. Its busy, straightforward character gives Edmonton Green a local-market identity alongside its national retail tenants.

• Supermarket · 2008

  ASDA supermarket

  A large ASDA supermarket was introduced during the 2008 redevelopment of Edmonton Green Shopping Centre. It replaced a former leisure centre and expanded the destination’s everyday food and household offer. The supermarket complements the covered market and other stores by providing a conventional large-format grocery anchor.

• Shopping-centre retail

  Retail store portfolio

  The centre has been described as having more than 100 stores. The cited examples—Sports Direct, Deichmann and Matalan—represent sports goods, footwear and clothing categories. The wider portfolio combines national chains with market traders and other everyday retailers, although a complete current tenant list is not provided in the source material.

• 2018

  Acquisition by Crosstree Real EstateM&A

  Background

  The shopping centre changed ownership in 2018.

  Action taken

  Crosstree Real Estate acquired Edmonton Green Shopping Centre.

  Aftermath

  The supplied source records the acquisition but does not provide details about subsequent management, investment or redevelopment.

  Reported acquisition price. £72 million (2018 acquisition)

  Source

• 2008

  Redevelopment and supermarket anchoringStrategy

  Background

  The centre was redeveloped on the site of a former leisure centre.

  Action taken

  A large ASDA supermarket was added as a retail anchor.

  Aftermath

  The redevelopment strengthened the centre’s role as an everyday shopping destination, alongside its market and other stores.

  Source

1. 1Edmonton Green Shopping Centreen.wikipedia.org