Purchased in 2004, The Mall Blackburn is soon to be dramatically transformed with a £66 million development scheme which will modernize the malls and car park and create a further 104,000 square feet of retail space as well as a further 300 car parking spaces and over 20 new retailers:
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• Prelets include Primark, Blackburn Market, Peacocks, New Look and WH Smith.
• £66m investment by owner, The Mall.
• 104,000 sqft of new retail space, creating a 650,000 sqft centre upon completion
• Over 20 new stores.
• Over 300 new car parking spaces, creating 1400 in total.
• Extensive refurbishment of existing mall.
• Opening July 2010.
• Current anchor stores include: Debenhams, BHS, Tesco, New Look, Next, River Island,Top Shop and Republic.
• Average annual footfall 15 million.
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Primark & Peacocks
A first for Blackburn - Primark will be opening their new 50,000 sqft flagship store within The Mall Blackburn extension.
Peacocks will also be opening a new 11,000 sqft store within the scheme, their first in Blackburn.
Blackburn Market
68,000 sq ft state-of-the-art continental style market.
Big Names Getting Bigger:
• River Island are trading from a store 120% bigger than the original
• New Look have exchanged on a deal to increase their space by 286%
• Next have a completed a deal to increase their space by 252%
• Top Shop are under offer to increase their floor space by 110%
The Mall Blackburn sits at the very heart of the town centre, dominating its retail offer with a 68% share of the market.
Regeneration
Blackburn's major regeneration projects are dramatically improving the environment, traffic and transport within the town centre to support the economic growth and increasing prosperity:
• Blackburn railway station was completely renovated in 2000
• Blackburn College Masterplan - £22M investment leading to 30% growth in university student numbers. Completed in 2009
• The Mall Blackburn extension and redevelopment - £66M
• Blackburn Cathedral Quarter Redevelopment - £70M
• Relocation of Blackburn Market to The Mall - £8M
• Feilden Street Multi-Storey Car Park - Adding 500 parking spaces to the town centre
• Historic Buildings Regeneration Programme - £1.4M
• Major New Town Centre Health Facility - £21M
• George Street Youth Zone - £8M
• King William Street Environmental Improvements - £1.3M
* Source: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Regeneration and Environment
80% pre let.
Pre lets include: Primark, WHSmith, New Look, Peacocks, Blackburn Market
| Unit |
Internal
Width |
Depth |
Basement |
Ground
floor |
First
Floor |
Status |
| 24 |
59 ft 9 ins |
137 ft 10 ins |
- |
7,304 sq ft |
- |
In Disscussion |
| 25 A |
27 ft |
86 ft |
1000 sq ft |
2,500sq ft |
- |
To let |
| 25 B |
35 ft |
132 ft 10 ins |
- |
4,595 sq ft |
|
In Disscussion |
| 27 |
36 ft 1 ins |
113 ft 2 ins |
- |
3,944 sq ft |
743 sq ft |
In Disscussion |
| 28 |
36 ft 1 ins |
106 ft 8 ins |
- |
3,666 sq ft |
1,301 sq ft |
In Disscussion |
| 29 |
23 ft 7 ins |
100 ft 1 ins |
- |
2,177 sq ft |
204 sq ft |
To let |
| 30 |
23 ft 9 ins |
67 ft 3 ins |
- |
1,429 sq ft |
1,860 sq ft |
To let |
| 31 |
23 ft 9 ins |
75 ft 5 ins |
- |
1,452 sq ft |
1,419 sq ft |
In Disscussion |
| 32 |
23 ft 9 ins |
75 ft 5 ins |
- |
1,630 sq ft |
1,403 sq ft |
In Disscussion |
| 33 |
23 ft 9 ins |
81 ft 2 ins |
- |
1,816 sq ft |
1,105 sq ft |
To let |
| 34 |
23 ft 9 ins |
81 ft 2 ins |
- |
1,628 sq ft |
1,074 sq ft |
To let |
| 35 |
- |
- |
- |
100 sq ft |
- |
In Disscussion |
| 39 |
32 ft 10 ins |
90 ft 3 ins |
- |
2,739 sq ft |
970 sq ft |
To let |
| 40 |
39 ft 4 ins |
141 ft 1 ins |
- |
5,158 sq ft |
1,320 sq ft |
To let |
| 45 |
14 ft 1 ins |
98 ft 5 ins |
- |
1,378 sq ft |
- |
To let |
| Kiosk |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
To let |