The Mall (Wood Green)

Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = The Mall Wood Green


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caption = The A105 road runs through the centre of The Mall.
location = Wood Green, London
coordinates = Coord|51.59451|-0.10840|display=inline,title
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owner = The Mall Company
number_of_stores = 101 (+45 stalls)
number_of_anchors = 7
floor_area = 617,000 sq ft (57,300 m²)
floors = 2
parking = 1500
website = http://www.themall.co.uk

The Mall Wood Green is a large shopping centre and residential complex in North London. It is generally still referred to by its former name of Wood Green Shopping City; the signage on the building still uses that name.

The Mall is the largest shopping centre within the North Circular, with just over 100 retail shops, [cite web
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title =Two New Stores for The Mall Wood Green
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publisher =The Mall Company
date =2006-09-26
url =http://www.themall.co.uk/business/pr-26-Sep-2006-14.aspx
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] seven of them anchor stores, 45 market stalls, [cite web
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title =Malls Group
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url =http://www.avanti-screenmedia.com/mediasales/Mall_group_details.html
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] and an average of 221,000 customers per week.cite web
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title =The Mall Wood Green
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url =http://www.themall.co.uk/my-mall/wood-green/mall-property.aspx
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] The centre and the adjoining shops on Wood Green High Road constitute the commercial hub of Haringey and its surrounding areas. [cite web
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title =Crime and Drugs Audit 2001-2004
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publisher =Haringey Safer Communities Partnership
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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.cite web
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title =Wood Green Shopping City
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Unusually for a shopping centre, the A105 road runs directly through the complex, allowing many of the stores to have entrances directly onto the street. The two halves of the mall are linked by bridges at first and second floor level. [cite web
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title =Floor Plan
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publisher =The Mall
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url =http://www.themall.co.uk/my-mall/wood-green/floor-plans.aspx
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] The centre is six storeys high, but only the lower two floors are occupied by shops; the upper floors make up a housing complex known as "Sky City". [cite web
last =Featherstone
first =Lynne
authorlink =Lynne Featherstone
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title =Campaigning in the Sky
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publisher =Liberal Democrats
date =2007-06-03
url =http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/blog.htm
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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 and controversial 1998 game show "Beat the Crusher". [Citation
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title =Do You Want To Meet Melinda Messenger (and Appear In A Game Show)?
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date =1998-05-23
url =http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/display.var.66003.0.do_you_want_to_meet_melinda_messenger_and_appear_in_a_game_show_.php ]

Redevelopment as The Mall Wood Green

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. [cite web
last =
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title =Shopping in North London
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publisher =North London Business
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url =http://www.northlondon.org.uk/index.php/4/shopping/
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] The market hall was expanded, with a number of specialist retailers catering for the unusually diverse ethnic groups in the area. [cite web
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title =Town Guides Today
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publisher =This is Local London
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url =http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/local_london/haringey/today/
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] 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, [cite web
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title =Online Planning Services: Major Developments
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publisher =London Borough of Haringey
date =2007-02-12
url =http://www.planningservices.haringey.gov.uk/portal/servlets/MajorContentiousDevelopmentservlet
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] which when complete will increase the mall size to 617,000 sq ft (57,300m²) and the total number of retail units to 123, [cite web
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title =Annual Report 2006
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publisher =Capital & Regional
date =2006
url =http://www.e-ar.net/capreg2006/CapReg_AR06_WEB.pdf
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] overtaking rival Brent Cross's 110 shops [cite web
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title =Brent Cross
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publisher =My Brent
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] 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. [cite web
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title =Debenhams Superstore Gets Council Go-Ahead
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publisher =North London Business
date =2007-06
url =http://www.northlondon.org.uk/index.php/13/68/debenhams-superstore-gets-council-go-ahead/
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The Mall is also the venue for a craft fair, held four times a year.

Crime

police. The scheme, initially called "Operation Partnership" but later renamed the "Retail Protection Unit", was introduced in 1998. [Citation
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title =Shop Cops Hit Town Centre Problems.
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date =1998-04-11
url =http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/archive/display.var.62675.0.shop_cops_hit_town_centre_problems.php ]

The areas surrounding the Mall have traditionally been affected by high rates of street-drinking and its accompanying alcohol-related problems.cite web
last =Dialogue by Design
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title =Summary of MPS Responses to Online Consultation for 2005/06 Policing Priorities
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publisher =Metropolitan Police Authority/Metropolitan Police Service
date =2005-03
url =http://www.scotlandyard.police.uk/dcf/files/consultation/consultationresponse_0506.pdf
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] In 2005 anti-drinking legislation was introduced, and the police were given powers to confiscate alcoholic drinks and to disperse crowds in the area around the centre.

The Mall made headlines in 2006 when a shoplifter attacked and repeatedly stabbed Designer Outlet store supervisor Rudy Takkou. [cite web
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title =Shop Supervisor Knifed During Row
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publisher =BBC News
date =2006-06-01
url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/london/5035924.stm
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accessdate =2007-06-08 ] Takkou narrowly survived, losing 4 litres of blood. [cite web
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title =Youth Charged With Knife Attack
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publisher =BBC News
date =2006-06-07
url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/london/5054540.stm
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Transport

is a short distance to the west of the centre.clear

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