St George's Shopping Centre, Harrow

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 9-screen Vue cinema.

St George's Shopping Centre
LocationSt. Ann's Road, Harrow HA1 1HS, England
Coordinates51.5814°N 0.3392°W / 51.5814; -0.3392
Opening date23 April 1996 (1996-04-23)
OwnerRDI REIT[1]
No. of stores and services30
Total retail floor area215,000 sq ft[2]
No. of floors3
Parking650 spaces
Websitewww.stgeorgesshopping.co.uk

History
Looking up inside the St George's centre

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
  1. "Information". St George's Shopping Centre.
  2. https://www.stgeorgesshopping.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SG_LettingBrochureMarch2015_FINAL_WEB.pdf
  3. "George and Ann, A Brief History". 8 May 2018.
  4. "St. George's | Centre Stage Leasing". centrestageleasing.com.
  5. Walter, Don (October 15, 2015). Harrow Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445637426 – via Google Books.
  6. Online, Harrow (January 10, 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".
  7. "Harrow Empire and Picturedrome in Harrow-on-the-Hill, GB - Cinema Treasures". cinematreasures.org.
  8. "Back in 1996, St George's Shopping Centre Was Very Different!". 27 March 2019.
  9. https://www.egi.co.uk/news/redefine-buys-harrow-shopping-centre/
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