The Mall (Luton)
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| Location | Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°52′45″N 0°24′54″W / 51.87917°N 0.41500°WCoordinates: 51°52′45″N 0°24′54″W / 51.87917°N 0.41500°W |
| Opening date | 1972 |
| Management | Roy Greening |
| Owner | Capital & Regional |
| No. of stores and services | 128 |
| Total retail floor area | 755,000 sq ft (70,100 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 2,300 spaces, |
| Website | Luton Mall Website |
The Mall Luton is a large shopping centre in the centre of Luton, United Kingdom. It was formerly an Arndale Centre, until it was purchased by The Mall Company in January 2006. It was temporarily called The Mall Arndale, but is now referred to as The Mall Luton, although local people still refer to it as "The Arndale".
Originally opened in 1972, as The Arndale Shopping Centre, The Mall purchased the site in January 2006. The Mall Luton is undergoing changes and new investment. The centre has 128 shop units occupying 754,556 sq ft (70,100.5 m2), and parking for 2,300 cars.
The area that would become the new shopping centre was cleared during the 1960s. Many notable buildings which had escaped the damage of World War II were subsequently demolished. Work started on the new shopping centre in the late 1960s and when it opened The Arndale Centre in Luton was the largest covered shopping centre in Europe; it was later ousted from this position by the Manchester Arndale centre.
Below are just a few of the many stores,
As of April 2015:
Argos, Boots, Debenhams, TK Maxx, Wilko, Marks & Spencer, Primark, GAME WHSmith Shoe Zone
In January 2008, it was announced that Woolworths, which opened in 1973, would be closing. The shop was closed in March 2008, when the lease expired. The store is now a Marks & Spencer.
Following the completion of the redevelopment of St George's Square in Luton, The Mall Company remodelled the St George's Square end of The Mall Luton.
The development created 8,825 sq m (75,000 sq ft) of new retail space across 8 new retail units. Three levels of car parking at the top of the development provided an increase of approximately 200 car parking spaces. On completion The Mall Luton totalled 77,199 sq m (831,000 sq ft). The new six-storey building has an entrance directly onto St George's Square, with escalators inside the building taking shoppers to the main mall level.
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