The Liberty
Total retail floor area 432,000 square feet (40,100 m2) | | |
No. of floors | 1 | |
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Parking | 806 | |
Public transit access | Romford railway station | |
Website | www.theliberty.co.uk |
The Liberty, formally named The Liberty Shopping Centre, is a covered
The Liberty has an annual footfall of 23 million, equating to 425,000 people per week. It is linked to The Mercury Mall (formerly known as Liberty 2) by an underpass.
History
The Liberty Shopping Centre was first opened in 1968 in a joint deal between Hammerson and Standard Life Investments.[2] In 1999 Hammerson acquired Standards Life's 50% interest for £53 million[3] and in 2000 acquired the freehold on the land. In September 2006, Irish property developers, The Cosgrave Property Group acquired the centre from Hammerson for £281 million.[2]
The centre underwent an extensive redevelopment which was completed in 2003 at a cost of £52 million.
Once the planning application had been granted for the transformation of the centre, work started in August 2001. In April 2003, the centre achieved practical completion.
References
- ^ "Liberty Centre, Romford - Retail | Global Mutual". Archived from the original on 12 July 2020.
- ^ a b c "Hammerson sells Liberty for £281m". Financial Times. 21 August 2006.
- ^ a b "Hammerson sells Essex shopping centre for £281m". The Independent. 22 September 2011. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2021.