Trafford Centre

The Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre logo
Trafford Centre, with Trafford Palazzo to the top left
LocationDumplington, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England[1]
Opening date10 September 1998; 26 years ago (1998-09-10)[2]
Previous namesIntu Trafford Centre[3]
DeveloperThe Peel Group[4]
ManagementSavills[5]
OwnerCanada Pension Plan Investment Board[6]
Architect
No. of stores and services200[1]
No. of anchor tenants
Total retail floor area
  • Retail: 185,000 m2[10][1]
  • Leisure: 16,258 m2[10]
  • Dining: 13,935 m2[10]
  • Total: 207,000 m2 (2,230,000 sq ft)[10]
No. of floors3
Parking11,500[11]
Websitetraffordcentre.co.uk

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]

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, the Trafford Centre had Europe's largest food court and the UK's busiest cinema.[1]

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  13. ^ "Portfolio – Our Centres". Capital Shopping Centres. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  14. ^ "Portfolio". Capital Shopping Centres. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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