 These properties were demolished in 1967 as part of a major redevelopment of central Basingstoke, which aimed at providing a large, modern shopping centre.Because of financial constraints however, what had initially been conceived as single development was divided into three parts at an early stage; "Phase one", later renamed The Walks, "Phase two" which would become The Malls and "Phase three" which was eventually considered superfluous and used instead as the site for "The Anvil" concert hall.Work on Phase one was completed in 1971, by which time it was clear that finances were insufficient to support further building work on the centre.