Edmonton shopping centre to get £3m refurbishment after Wilkinson signs up (From Enfield Independent)

Edmonton Green Shopping Centre to get £3m revamp after Wilkinson signs up

9:38am Friday 3rd February 2012 in Top Stories By David Hardiman

A £3 million redevelopment of part of Edmonton Green Shopping Centre will go ahead after a large retailer agreed to move in.

Home and garden business Wilkinson has signed a 15-year deal to move into the centre’s North Square, which means a refurbishment of the site that gained planning permission last year can go ahead.

The work includes improvements to shop fronts, flooring and street furniture – as well as the knocking together of smaller shops to make the 22,000sq ft Wilkinson store.

Last year the centre’s South Mall went through a £1.5m redevelopment to replace the roof and improve access to the library and Enfield Homes building, and a new 73-bed hotel opened.

Building owner St Mowden, who bought the centre from Enfield Council in 1999, said that the work had increased footfall to around 200,000 per week – a rise of ten to 15 per cent in the last two years.