17&Central is a

shopping centre A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known collec ...

Walthamstow Walthamstow ( or ) is a large town in East London, east London, England, within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London and the Historic counties of England, ancient county of Essex. Situated northeast of Chari ...

, London, owned by

Capital & Regional Capital & Regional plc is a large British manager of property assets - mainly shopping centres - for funds in which it has a significant stake. History The company was founded in 1979 as ''Capital & Regional Properties''. It was floated on the Un ...

. It was formerly known as Selborne Walk Shopping Centre (1988-2011) and The Mall Walthamstow (2011-2021).

History

The centre was opened as Selborne Walk in 1988. It was acquired by

in 1997, and rebranded as part of

The Mall Fund The Mall Fund owns and operates shopping centres in England using the trading name "The Mall Company". The shopping centres are usually branded and marketed as "the mall". The Mall Fund owned up to 10% of the covered retail space in the United Ki ...

in 2011–2012. The Mall was internally refurbished in 2015 and in 2018 plans went ahead to extend the centre by , including other regenerations in its vicinity. On the morning of 22 July 2019, a large fire broke out at the centre, considered a "major incident" by the police and tackled by firefighters for up to seven hours. The fire caused extensive damage and destroyed more than half of the building's roof. The damage caused the centre to be closed for several weeks, reopening on 4 September. In October 2021 the centre was rebranded as "17&Central" - the name a reference to the E17 postcode area - with new exterior signage.Retail Destination, 2021-10-22
/ref>

Stores

Stores at The Mall Walthamstow include Clarks, Asda, Boots,

TK Maxx TK Maxx is a subsidiary of the American apparel and home goods company TJX Companies based in Framingham, Massachusetts. The stores operate throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Austria and the Netherlands, totalli ...

across one floor, along with restaurants on the first floor such as

Subway Subway, Subways, The Subway, or The Subways may refer to: Transportation * Subway, a term for underground rapid transit rail systems * Subway (underpass), a type of walkway that passes underneath an obstacle * Subway (George Bush Interconti ...

and formerly

KFC KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, that specializes in fried chicken. It is the world's second-largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) after McDonald's, with 2 ...

and

Burger King Burger King (BK) is an American-based multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based res ...

before the fire incident.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:17andCentral Shopping centres in the London Borough of Waltham Forest Shopping malls established in 1988