Howard Centre

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LocationWelwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Opening dateOctober 1990; 34 years ago (1990-10)
DeveloperSegro
ManagementSegro (1990-2004)
Landsec (2004-2009)
LaSalle (2009-present)
The Howard Centre
The Howard Centre logo
The Howard Centre
LocationWelwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Opening dateOctober 1990; 34 years ago (1990-10)
DeveloperSegro
ManagementSegro (1990-2004)
Landsec (2004-2009)
LaSalle (2009-present)
No. of stores and services50 (approx.)
No. of anchor tenants4
Total retail floor area230,000 sq ft (21,000 m2)
No. of floors2
Parking725 cars
Websitehowardcentre.co.uk

The Howard Centre is a shopping centre in Welwyn Garden City. It is named after Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement.

The centre was built by Tarmac Construction and opened in October 1990. It was owned and managed by Segro from 1990 until 2004 when ownership transferred to Landsec.[1] Landsec managed the centre until its disposal in October 2009 to LaSalle who have owned and managed it since.[2]

Description

The Howard Centre atrium in May 2017

The centre provides 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m2) of space set across two levels; anchor tenants include Boots, WHSmith, Monsoon and H&M. In April 2022, the then largest anchor store Marks & Spencer (occupying 84,000 sq ft (7,800 m2) split across both floors at the centre's northern end[3]) closed their Howard Centre branch and relocated to Stevenage.[4]

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