# Oriental City

Colindale, United Kingdom · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-2b02107679` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/colindale-oriental-city/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-2b02107679.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-2b02107679.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-2b02107679

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | unknown | reported · Wikipedia |

## Quoted support

- **parking_spaces_before**: “parking for 800 cars.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **gla_sqft_before**: “10,134 square metres (109,080 sq ft) of retail space, office areas and parking for 800 cars.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **demolition_year**: “demolished in 2014” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Oriental City was a shopping centre at 399 Edgware Road in Colindale, North London, England. Yaohan Plaza played a short but significant role in promoting Japanese cuisine and culture in London. Later, as Oriental City, it was referred to as London's "real Chinatown".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_City

## Sources

- Wikipedia: Oriental City — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_City (2026-07-18)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Oriental City, Colindale, United Kingdom." Record m-2b02107679, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/colindale-oriental-city/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_colindaleorientalcity,
  title = {Oriental City, Colindale, United Kingdom},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/colindale-oriental-city/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-2b02107679, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.