Howard CentreThe Howard Centre is a shopping centre in Welwyn Garden City. It is named after Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement.WWW howardcentre.co.ukHistoryThe centre was built by Tarmac Construction and opened in October 1990. It was owned and managed by Segro from 1990 until 2004 when ownership transferred to Landsec. Landsec managed the centre until its disposal in October 2009 to LaSalle who have owned and managed it since.DescriptionThe centre provides of space set across two levels; anchor tenants include Boots, WHSmith, Monsoon and H&M. In April 2022, the then largest anchor store Marks & Spencer closed their Howard Centre branch and relocated to Stevenage.