Trafford Centre
Shopping centre and entertainment complex in Trafford, Greater Manchester / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by retail space.[12][13]
Location | Dumplington, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England[1] |
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Opening date | 10 September 1998; 25 years ago (1998-09-10)[2] |
Previous names | Intu Trafford Centre[3] |
Developer | The Peel Group[4] |
Management | Savills[5] |
Owner | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board[6] |
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No. of stores and services | 200[1] |
No. of anchor tenants | 5[1]
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Total retail floor area | |
No. of floors | 3 |
Parking | 11,500[11] |
Website | traffordcentre |
Originally developed by the Peel Group, the Trafford Centre was sold to Capital Shopping Centres, later to become Intu, in 2011 for £1.65 billion;[14] it set a record as the costliest single property sale in British history.[15]
The battle to obtain permission to build the centre was amongst the longest and most expensive in United Kingdom planning history.[4] As of 2011[update], the Trafford Centre had Europe's largest food court and the UK's busiest cinema.[1]