East Shopping Centre is Europe's first purpose-built boutique Asian shopping mall, opened on 14th March 2015. The launch had 12,200 shoppers visiting and the inauguration was done by Chief Guest, Lyn Brown MP for West Ham.
People from Leicester, Birmingham, Huddersfield and from across the country came especially for the launch of the shopping centre. Other dignitaries who attended the launch were Cllr Rohima Rahman, Cllr Ellie Robingson, Cllr Mukeh Patel and Cllr Hanif Abdulmuhit.
One of the partners at ACR Investments which is the force behind East Shopping Centre, Bob Popat stated, “The launch of East Shopping Centre is incredibly proud and exciting for us. As the first of its kind in Europe, we are confident that East Shopping Centre will enhance the already vibrant shopping district of Green Street. It’s wonderful to have the support of local politicians, like Lyn Brown MP as well as the community, who were wonderful in welcoming us at our launch.”
This high-quality shopping centre will also have a positive impact on the local community through commerce opportunities by generating approximately 200 jobs.
East Shopping Centre has eco-friendly features which include solar panels to save electricity usage, flow restrictors to help save water and carefully sourced materials for the entire development.
This vibrant shopping centre is built on the site of a former bus depot and it hopes to build on Green Street's important cultural heritage.
