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Location | Wood Green, London |
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Coordinates | 51.5945, -0.1090 |
Owner | The Mall Company |
No. of stores and services | 101 (+45 stalls) |
No. of anchor tenants | 7 |
Total retail floor area | 617,000 sq ft (57,300 m²) |
No. of floors | 2 |
Parking | 1500 |
Website | http://www.themall.co.uk |
The Mall Wood Green is a large shopping centre in North London. It is generally still referred to by its former name of Wood Green Shopping City, and the signage on the building still uses this name.
The Mall is the largest shopping centre within the A406 ring road, with just over 100 retail shops (plus a further 45 market stalls) and an average 221,000 customers per week. The shops include seven anchor stores. The centre — and adjoining shops on Wood Green High Road — constitutes the commercial hub of Haringey and surrounding areas.
Wood Green Shopping City
The centre was built in the 1970s as "Wood Green Shopping City", on the site of the former Noel Park and Wood Green railway station. Initially it included a number of unusual features, most notably a giant wooden climbing frame in the shape of a frog.
Unusually for a shopping centre, Wood Green High Road runs directly through the complex, allowing many of the stores to have entrances directly onto the street. Although the centre is six storeys high, only the lower two floors are taken up by shops; the upper floors are occupied by a housing complex known as "Sky City".
The centre suffered badly in the 1990s recession, with many of the established shops leaving and being replaced by pound shops and charity shops. It was also the location for the short-lived controversial 1998 game show Beat the Crusher.
Redevelopment as The Mall Wood Green
The centre was bought by current owners The Mall Company in 2002 and renamed "The Mall Wood Green". The new owners carried out a £30 million rebuilding programme, altering the layout of the shops and adding a 12-screen cinema to the centre. The market hall was expanded, with a number of specialist food and goods retailers catering to the unusually diverse ethnic groups in the area. In 2007 the owners applied for consent to expand the centre further with a 3-storey extension on the site of an adjacent petrol station, which when complete will increase the mall size to 617,000 sq ft (57,300m²) and the total number of retail units to 123, overtaking rival Brent Cross's 110 shops for the first time. Approval was given in May 2007, despite concerns raised about the possibility of flooding on the new site from the River Moselle; in June 2007 it was announced that the bulk of the extension will be occupied by a new Debenhams store.
The Mall is also the venue for a craft fair four times per year.
Crime
Unusually for a shopping centre, The Mall has its own dedicated team of police, part of Haringey BOCU police. The scheme, initially called "Operation Partnership" but later renamed the "Retail Protection Unit", was introduced in 1998.
The areas surrounding the Mall have traditionally been affected by high rates of street drinking and the accompanying alcohol-related problems. In 2005 anti-drinking legislation was brought into place, and the police given powers to confiscate drink and disperse crowds in the surrounding area.
The Mall made headlines in 2006 when a shoplifter attacked Designer Outlet store supervisor Rudy Takkou, repeatedly stabbing him. Takkou narrowly survived, losing 4 litres of blood.
Transport
Despite being situated on the site of a disused railway station, The Mall Wood Green is very well served by public transport in comparison to London's other shopping centres. Wood Green tube station on the Piccadilly Line is adjacent to the mall, and due to Wood Green High Road running through the centre of the development, it is possible to catch buses from directly outside the shops. Alexandra Palace railway station is a short distance to the west of the centre.
References
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(help) - "Crime and Drugs Audit 2001-2004" (PDF). Haringey Safer Communities Partnership. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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(help) - "Floor Plan". The Mall. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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(help) - Featherstone, Lynne (2007-06-03). "Campaigning in the Sky". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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(help) - "Do You Want To Meet Melinda Messenger (and Appear In A Game Show)?", This Is Local London, 1998-05-23
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(help) - "Online Planning Services: Major Developments". London Borough of Haringey. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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(help) - "Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Capital & Regional. 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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(help) - "Brent Cross". My Brent. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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(help) - "Debenhams Superstore Gets Council Go-Ahead". North London Business. 2007-06. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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(help) - "Shop Cops Hit Town Centre Problems.", Bucks Free Press, 1998-04-11
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(help) - "Shop Supervisor Knifed During Row". BBC News. 2006-06-01. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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(help) - "Youth Charged With Knife Attack". BBC News. 2006-06-07. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
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