The Liberty, is a covered shopping mall located in the London Borough of Havering. It is the largest mall in Romford, a metropolitan centre of Outer London. It was originally built in 1968 as the Liberty Shopping Centre and underwent a four-year redevelopment completed in 2004. The centre takes its name from the former Liberty of Havering and is owned by the Cosgrave Group. It is the largest indoor shopping mall in the borough and covers 730,000 ...
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The Liberty, is a covered shopping mall located in the London Borough of Havering. It is the largest mall in Romford, a metropolitan centre of Outer London. It was originally built in 1968 as the Liberty Shopping Centre and underwent a four-year redevelopment completed in 2004. The centre takes its name from the former Liberty of Havering and is owned by the Cosgrave Group. It is the largest indoor shopping mall in the borough and covers 730,000 square metres (7,900,000 sq ft) with 36,400 square metres (392,000 sq ft) of retail space, around 100 shops. The Liberty has an annual footfall of 23 million, equating to 425,000 people per week.
The Liberty was first built in 1968. In 1999 Hammerson acquired Standards Life's 50% interest and in 2000 acquired the freehold on the land. 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. In September 2006, Irish property...
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