Albion Mills Retail Park

Albion Mills Retail Park is a shopping and retail complex in central Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The park was developed and built in 2000 as part of Wakefield’s urban retail offer and occupies approximately 55,294 square feet. Its format is that of a purpose-built retail park rather than a conventional enclosed shopping centre, providing premises for large-format and specialist retailers in an accessible city location. The site has included a branch of PC World, reflecting the park’s role in selling consumer electronics and related technology products alongside other retail activity. The property became part of the portfolio of CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust in July 2008, when the trust acquired the complex for £10.5 million. This transaction placed Albion Mills within an institutional real-estate ownership structure, illustrating the treatment of the park as an income-producing commercial property rather than as a consumer-facing brand with a broad national retail network. Public reference material identifies the acquisition price and the park’s approximate floor area but does not provide a complete tenant roster, detailed architectural history, current ownership information, visitor statistics, or a dedicated official website. Albion Mills Retail Park’s significance is primarily local and property-based. It serves shoppers in Wakefield and the surrounding area through a concentration of accessible retail units, with consumer electronics among the documented categories. It is not known as an international brand, listed company, manufacturer, or standalone product brand. Information about later redevelopment, tenant changes, management arrangements, and present-day trading activity is limited in the cited reference material.

Albion Mills Retail Park is a retail development in central Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 2000 and covers approximately 55,294 square feet. The development belongs to the retail-park format, in which several commercial units are grouped in a dedicated site intended to provide convenient access to large or specialist retailers. Unlike a department-store brand or a national chain, Albion Mills functions primarily as a physical commercial destination whose identity is tied to its location and tenant mix. The documented tenant history includes a branch of PC World. This gave the park a visible consumer-electronics and computing component, serving customers looking for computers, peripherals, digital equipment, and related technology products. The available reference material does not establish a complete list of retailers operating at the site over time, nor does it specify whether all original tenants remained in place after opening. It also does not describe a major expansion, rebranding, or redevelopment campaign. In July 2008, CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust acquired Albion Mills Retail Park for £10.5 million. The transaction is the principal recorded ownership event in the park’s publicly documented history. It indicates that the development was viewed as an investment property capable of generating commercial rental income. The cited material does not identify the seller, disclose the subsequent ownership chain, or provide operating and financial results after the acquisition. Albion Mills remains best understood as a local retail and property asset serving Wakefield and its surrounding communities. Public information is comparatively limited: there is no documented founder, standalone corporate leadership team, public stock-market listing, official website, or comprehensive account of current tenants in the supplied sources. Its historical profile is therefore defined by its 2000 construction, its central Wakefield location, its documented PC World presence, its approximately 55,294-square-foot footprint, and its 2008 acquisition by CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust.

• 2008

  Acquisition by CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust

  [1]Albion Mills Retail Parken.wikipedia.org

  In July 2008, CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust acquires the retail park for £10.5 million.

• 2000

  Retail park built in central Wakefield

  [1]Albion Mills Retail Parken.wikipedia.org

  Albion Mills Retail Park is constructed in central Wakefield, West Yorkshire, with an area of approximately 55,294 square feet.

A locally oriented, accessible retail-park destination in central Wakefield, with large-format retail space and documented consumer-electronics provision.

• Retail property · 2000

  Retail units and shopping space

  The park provides approximately 55,294 square feet of commercial retail space arranged for multiple occupiers. Its offer is defined by the range of goods and services supplied by tenants rather than by products manufactured or branded by Albion Mills itself.

• Consumer electronics retail

  PC World branch

  A documented PC World branch formed part of the park’s tenant mix. The store represented the consumer-electronics and computing component of the destination, serving shoppers seeking computers, technology hardware, peripherals, and related products. The supplied reference does not confirm the branch’s current operating status.

• 2008

  CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust acquires the retail parkM&A

  Background

  The retail park is an established commercial property in central Wakefield with approximately 55,294 square feet of space and a documented PC World tenant.

  Action taken

  CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust purchases Albion Mills Retail Park in July 2008 for £10.5 million.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition places the property under institutional real-estate ownership. The available source does not document later ownership changes or operational consequences.

  Acquisition price. £10.5 million (July 2008)

  Source

1. 1Albion Mills Retail Parken.wikipedia.org