The Brewery is a shopping and leisure centre located in Romford

Romford

Romford is a large suburban town in north east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan...

, England. It is built on the former site of the Star Brewery

Star Brewery

The Star Brewery was a brewery located at Romford, England. For much of its history, it has been a main industry and a significant employer in the area. It was closed in 1993 and its former site has been redeveloped as a shopping centre named The Brewery, which opened in 2001...

, and opened in 2001.

In 2010 a 25% stake in the complex was sold by Henderson Global Investors to Prudential Property Investment Managers

Prudential Property Investment Managers

PRUPIM is a top 20 global real estate investment manager, providing integrated services for fund management, asset management and property management. PRUPIM, part of the M&G Group of Companies, is the real estate investment arm of Prudential plc in the UK and Europe...

 for £44.25m. At the time of the sale, its location in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, mix of retail and leisure uses, and the Sainsbury's supermarket anchor store

Anchor store

In retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....

 was explained as reasons for its sustained success during the late-2000s recession.

Leisure uses in the centre include a Namco

Namco

is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...

 unit branded as Number Ten and a Vue

Vue (cinema)

Vue Entertainment , formerly known as SBC International Cinemas, is a cinema company in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The company was formed in May 2003 when SBC acquired 36 Warner Village cinemas. There are now 69 Vue cinemas, with 654 screens totaling 140,500 seats, including the rebranded...

 cinema. The Brewery is located within Romford town centre and is near to Romford railway station

Romford railway station

Romford station is located in Romford, London Borough of Havering. It is situated between Chadwell Heath and Gidea Park. It is the western terminus of the Upminster branch line from Upminster....

. A number of London bus routes stop nearby and route 165

London Buses route 165

London Buses route 165 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. The service is currently contracted to First Capital.-History:...

 terminates within the centre car park.

The murder of Daniel Pollen

Murder of daniel pollen

Daniel Pollen was a 20 year old English university student who was murdered in an unprovoked attack in 2005. Daniel was stabbed in the heart and killed as he and his friend Andrew Griffiths waited for a lift home from Daniel's sister in the Brewery shopping centre in Romford, east London...

took place at the bicycle railings in 2005.

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