SHOPPING CENTRE WARS (with Brent Cross's Hammerson): Evening Standard: "Westfield £1bn mall 'will lure top brands to Croydon'"

Link to Evening Standard

"A proposed £1 billion Westfield shopping centre in Croydon could draw prestige brands such as Prada and Burberry to a much-maligned area, its backers claimed.

"... Plans for the 1.5  million sq ft Croydon project, which would be London’s third biggest mall after the Westfields in Shepherd’s Bush and Stratford, were submitted last week to the local council.

"... Westfield faces competition from property company Hammerson, which owns Brent Cross and Croydon’s Centrale Shopping Centre. Croydon council is expected to make its decision in January, and the winning centre would be completed in 2016."