What is Trafford Centre?
[[File:Trafford centre 6.jpg|thumb]] The '''Trafford Centre''' is a large indoor shopping centre and entertainment complex in [[Urmston]], [[Greater Manchester]]. It opened in 1998 and is third largest in the United Kingdom by [[retail]] space. The site was owned by the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] Company. The centre was developed by the [[The Peel Group|Peel Group]]. It was sold to Capital Shopping Centres, later to become Intu, in 2011 for £1.65 billion setting a record as the most expensive single property sale in British history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Capital Shopping Centres seals £1.6bn Trafford Centre deal despite Simon Property Group's concerns|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/8284524/Capital-Shopping-Centres-seals-1.6bn-Trafford-Centre-deal-despite-Simon-Property-Groups-concerns.html|access-date=2023-07-23|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Intu lost money and went into administration in June 2020 In 2011 the Trafford Centre had Europe's largest food court and the UK's busiest cinema. In 2020 a [[Manchester Metrolink]] line to the centre was opened. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilkinson|first=Damon|date=2023-07-23|title=The 12 maps which show how Metrolink has changed over the years|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/gallery/12-maps-show-how-metrolink-27339128|access-date=2023-07-23|website=Manchester Evening News|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Trafford]] [[Category:Malls]] [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 1990s]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Greater Manchester]]