sentences:  In 1989, expansion land which had been set aside to the west of the centre was used to open a Asda superstore, later extended to and joined by a McDonald's restaurant.Halton Lea was taken into receivership in September 2009 which was managed by Savills, though the centre continued to operate as normal.In September 2010, the centre was put up for sale and on 24 March 2011 it was announced that the centre had been sold to F&C Reit (since rebranded BMO Real Estate Partners) for approximately £29.1 million using an offshore company, Runcorn One Ltd, registered in Guernsey.