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I understood that the shopping centre was planned before the Olympics as part of Stratford City master plan. However, the intention for was a development over 10 years that would not be dominated by a big mall and would be mixed use Then we won the Olympics and there was Westfield owing the main entrance to the site.. So Westfield had every one over a barrel.
Newham ,GLA and TFL could have tried harder, especially Newham, but it was not "new labour" to be against big retail. So we have a big Mall which will be the 1st thing you will see as you enter the park. Indeed, you will have to go through it and past a 24 hr casino to get to the park.
That said , its nice to have a John Lewis in East London .....