{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox shopping mall | name = The Mall Blackburn | image = The Mall Blackburn 2022 Logo.svg | image_width = 150px | caption = | location = [[Blackburn]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]] | opening_date = 1967<ref>{{cite web|title=REIT Asset Management Completes Pounds 100-M Blackburn Retail Deal|website=globest.com|url=https://www.globest.com/sites/globest/2003/08/12/reit-asset-management-completes-pounds-100-m-blackburn-retail-deal/|date=12 August 2003|accessdate=8 June 2021}}</ref> | developer = | manager = | owner = Adhan Group | number_of_stores = 110 | number_of_anchors = Primark<br>B&M<br>Next | floor_area = | parking = 1304 | floors = 2 | website = {{URL|www.themallblackburn.co.uk}} }}
'''The Mall Blackburn''', also known by its former name, Blackburn Shopping Centre, is a [[shopping centre]] serving the town of [[Blackburn]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]] and is owned by the Adhan Group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Giant firm behind shopping mall bid|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5824652.giant-firm-behind-shopping-mall-bid/|date=10 August 2004|accessdate=8 June 2022}}</ref>
==History== The shopping centre was built in three phases, with the final phase opening in 1979. The centre was refurbished in 1995, during which the lower floor of the former Co-Operative Department Store was transformed into the Ainsworth Mall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shopping centre up for sale|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5942129.shopping-centre-sale/|date=11 October 2002|accessdate=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Standard Life reveals reason for sale decision|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5938027.standard-life-reveals-reason-sale-decision/|date=5 November 2002|accessdate=25 June 2021}}</ref>
The centre was bought by [[Standard Life]] in 1993 and its name was subsequently changed to Blackburn Shopping Centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Standard Life dampens Blackburn shopping centre hopes|website=www.egi.co.uk|url=https://www.egi.co.uk/news/standard-life-dampens-blackburn-shopping-centre-hopes/|date=25 April 2001|accessdate=8 June 2022}}</ref> Standard Life sold the centre in 2003 to Reit Asset Management.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shopping centre bought|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5898008.shopping-centre-bought/|date=16 June 2003|accessdate=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Reit buys Standard Life's Blackburn Shopping Centre|website=Property Week|url=https://www.propertyweek.com/news/reit-buys-standard-lifes-blackburn-shopping-centre/3026808.article|date=28 March 2003|accessdate=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shopping centre is finally sold for £100m|website=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5893911.shopping-centre-finally-sold-100m/|date=12 July 2003|accessdate=6 June 2022}}</ref>
In 2004, Reit Asset Management sold the centre to [[The Mall Fund]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mall snaps up three shopping centres for £380m|website=propertyweek.com|url=https://www.propertyweek.com/news/the-mall-snaps-up-three-shopping-centres-for-380m/3039426.article|date=13 August 2004|accessdate=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shopping centre deal for The Mall|website=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/shopping-centre-deal-for-the-mall-5dnx5zljwml|date=12 August 2004|access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> The centre was sold again in 2022 to the Adhan Group from [[The Mall Fund]] for £40 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adhan Group buys The Mall Blackburn for £40m|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/20161445.adhan-group-buys-mall-blackburn-40m/|date=24 May 2022|accessdate=6 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Capital & Regional sells The Mall in Blackburn for £40m|website=property-magazine.eu|url=https://www.property-magazine.eu/capital-regional-sells-the-mall-in-blackburn-for-40m-61400.html|date=25 May 2022|accessdate=7 June 2022}}</ref>
===Modernisation===
A local newspaper, the ''[[Lancashire Telegraph]]'', launched a campaign in June 2002 to have Lord Square in the shopping centre bulldozed, which drew attention from the public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lord Square 'must be improved or else' warning|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5962837.lord-square-must-improved-else-warning/|date=17 June 2002|accessdate=6 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Workmen move in on Lord Square|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5967659.workmen-move-lord-square/|date=20 May 2002|accessdate=6 June 2022}}</ref> In October 2003, the centre’s then owners, Reit Asset Management, announced plans for the redevelopment of the square.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crumbling square to get massive revamp|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5879397.crumbling-square-get-massive-revamp/|date=2 October 2003|accessdate=26 June 2021}}</ref>
Further proposals for a revamp of the centre were put forward in January 2004, when the then owners of the centre lodged plans to redevelop the centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=I want square deal, warns store boss|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5861956.want-square-deal-warns-store-boss/|date=17 January 2004|accessdate=26 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Property news - Blackburn revamp plans lodged|website=RetailWeek|url=https://www.retail-week.com/property-news-blackburn-revamp-plans-lodged/1717889.article|date=23 January 2004|accessdate=26 June 2021}}</ref> However, when the Mall Company purchased the centre they scrapped the proposed redevelopment plans.<ref>{{cite web|title=£15m Lord Square plan scrapped|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5820307.15m-lord-square-plan-scrapped/|date=8 September 2004|accessdate=26 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The square vanishes|website=Lancashire Telegraph|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5863759.square-vanishes/|date=7 January 2004|accessdate=26 June 2021}}</ref>
Demolition of the centre began in early 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Centre 'eyesore' made ready for demolition|website=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/1915116.centre-eyesore-made-ready-demolition/|date=19 December 2007|accessdate=26 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Demolition work goes on|website=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2026578.demolition-work-goes/|date=7 February 2008|accessdate=7 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Monster munch ends era for Woolworths building|website=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2103269.monster-munch-ends-era-woolworths-building/|date=7 March 2008|accessdate=7 June 2022}}</ref> In August of that year, progress on the redevelopment of the shopping centre was criticised by local business owners. The contractors ([[Balfour Beatty]]), who originally demolished the square, had withdrawn from rebuilding it, and no new contractor had been appointed four months later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blackburn shopping centre lack of progress a disgrace|website=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/3576974.blackburn-shopping-centre-lack-progress-disgrace/|date=7 August 2008|accessdate=6 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Who will re-build shopping centre?|website=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2057230.will-re-build-shopping-centre/|date=19 February 2008|accessdate=6 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Blackburn Mall builder still not revealed|website=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2316299.new-blackburn-mall-builder-still-not-revealed/|date=3 June 2008|accessdate=7 June 2022}}</ref> New contractors, (Taylor Woodrow), were appointed in September 2008 by the shopping centre owners. The revamped centre was eventually opened in 2010. It features new shops and areas, as well as television screens, Ask Me points and other enhanced features.<ref>{{cite web|title=Primark Blackburn opens Monday|website=placenorthwest.co.uk|url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/primark-blackburn-opens-monday/|date=23 July 2010|accessdate=25 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Queues for Blackburn's £66m shopping centre|website=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-10766351|date=26 July 2010|accessdate=25 June 2021}}</ref>
==Transport links== The shopping centre is located in the centre of [[Blackburn]] and is a short walk to: *[[Blackburn railway station]] * Taxi ranks * Blackburn Bus Station
==See also== *[[Blackburn]] *[[The Mall Company]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.themallblackburn.co.uk The Mall Blackburn Official Website] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110219111144/http://www.theretaildatabase.com/retail%20location.php?ID=77 The Mall Blackburn on The Retail Database]}}
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