{"id":108716,"date":"2025-05-17T09:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T09:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/108716\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T09:53:13","slug":"the-incredible-new-1-5bn-uk-shopping-centre-with-50-shops-and-485-luxury-flats-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/108716\/","title":{"rendered":"The incredible new \u00a31.5bn UK shopping centre with 50 shops and 485 luxury flats | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A stunning new shopping <\/a>centre is set to be built with 50 shops and 485 luxury flats, costing \u00a31.5 billion. The Elephant will be opened in Elephant and Castle, south London<\/a>, taking the place of a shopping centre that shut in 2020.<\/p>\n

Before being destroyed during the Blitz, Elephant and Castle was “the Piccadilly Circus of south London”, with sky signs, a music hall, the biggest cinema in Europe, and five pubs. As part of rebuilding the area, Elephant and Castle shopping<\/a>centre was opened in 1965. But within two years, many of the units were unlet and it became a hub for “drinkers from Blackfriars and Waterloo who creep quietly into the warm and stay until closing time”, according to The Times<\/a>. It reportedly stayed that way for the 55 years it remained open, apart from the independent shops and restaurants that were opened by immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

The new shopping centre promises to have more than 50 shops, restaurants, and bars, as well as a cinema, 485 flats across three towers, and a London Underground ticket hall. It will also become the new home for the original Elephant and Castle statue.<\/p>\n

Rick de Blaby, chief executive of the developer Get Living, says he wants to “respect and honour [the area\u2019s] heritage and bring to life the real spirit of the Elephant”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added the site will be “reinvigorated through a new town centre, which will transform one of London\u2019s oldest meeting and shopping destinations”.<\/p>\n

Get Living is also working with Corsica Studios, an independent arts organisation that hosts live music and club night programmes, to “protect and enhance” the space.<\/p>\n

Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre is set to open in spring 2026. In 2027, a new University of the Arts London campus will open for 5,000 students, followed by 507 new homes.<\/p>\n

Rick de Blaby said: “As we adjust to the new world order and economic reality, we mustn\u2019t lose sight of the importance of new housing and infrastructure delivery.<\/p>\n

“But in an area of such rich cultural, social and economic heritage that has been disrupted by new development, it is not enough just to build.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stunning new shopping centre is set to be built with 50 shops and 485 luxury flats, costing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,49562,393,49563,4884,257,49565,363,246,49564,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-108716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-elephant-and-castle","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-get-living","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-london-redevelopment","15":"tag-retail","16":"tag-shopping","17":"tag-u00a31-5-billion-shopping-centre","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114522567721235145","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}