Westfield London

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Westfield London
Westfield London
Facts and statistics
Location London, UK
Opening date 2008
Owner Westfield Group
No. of stores and services 270
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 1.615m ft² (150,000m²)
Parking 4500
No. of floors 5
Website westfield.com/london

Westfield London will be a large shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush, London, United Kingdom. The centre is being developed by the Westfield Group, at a cost of £1.6b[1], on a site bounded by the West Cross Route (A3220), the Westway (A40) and Wood Lane (A219). The site is part of the White City district, where several other large scale development projects are under way or in the planning stages, and the initial site clearance demolished the final set of halls still remaining from the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition.

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[edit] Retail area

When completed in late 2008 the centre will boast a retail floor area of 150,000m² (1.615m ft²) [1]. Consequently, it will take the crown of the largest shopping mall in Europe within an urban area from the Manchester Arndale, and be the third largest shopping centre in the UK behind MetroCentre and Bluewater. The completed centre will feature around 270 stores, including House of Fraser, Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, Waitrose, Next and a Cinema de Lux multiplex cinema. Other retailers speculated to be in negotiations include [2] Barneys New York [3].

An unusual aspect of the development is a new high end retail area to be called The Village. Building on experience in attracting high end retailers to its Australian malls, developer Westfield hopes to attract black label brands unheard of in the London shopping mall market. As of August 2007 Louis Vuitton had already signed up for a unit in the area, with more rumoured to be in negotiation. [4]. This was followed in the subsequent months with confirmed tenants in the form of the likes of Mulberry, Tiffany & Co, Thomas Pink, Armani, Duchamp, Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, Gieves & Hawkes, Tommy Hilfiger and TM Lewin - arguably establishing The Village at Westfield London as London's third biggest luxury retailing centre after the West End and Sloane Sq retail destinations.

[edit] Transport connections

Two new railway stations and new bus stations will serve the centre.

  • London Underground: the new Wood Lane station is being built on the western side of the Westfield site, on the Hammersmith and City Line[5]. The centre will also be served by Shepherd's Bush tube station (Central Line), which will undergo reconstruction.
  • London Overground: the new Shepherd's Bush railway station, on the West London Line, is under construction on the southern side of the development, immediately next to the Central Line tube station. When opened, it will form part of the new London Overground system, but the opening of the station has been delayed due to design problems, as the finished platform has been discovered to be 18 inches too narrow[6][7].
  • Bus and taxi: a southern transport interchange next to the Overground station will include a bus station and a taxi rank[8].
    The Grade II listed Dimco Buildings (1898) - former London Underground power station sheds - on Ariel Way have been preserved and are being redeveloped into a bus station[9][10]. The Dimco buildings were used as the location for the ‘Acme Factory’ in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?[11].
  • Cycle routes: the development includes new cycle routes.
  • Road links: a grade-separated junction connects to the West Cross Route (A3220]) which runs alongside the development site.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Westfield Group. "A New Icon in UK Retail: "Westfield London"". Press release. Retrieved on 2006-11-30.
  2. ^ Kelly, Sean. "A Death by 1,000 Cuts", Shopping Centers Today, March 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-04. 
  3. ^ Pickard, Jim; Jonathan Birchall. "Barneys to open first London store", Financial Times, 2006-09-02. 
  4. ^ Vogue (2007-08-02). "High Fashion in Shepherds Bush". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
  5. ^ Transport for London (2006-09-15). "Construction underway on new Underground station at new White City development". Press release. Retrieved on 2006-11-30.
  6. ^ Private Eye (no. 1195): 6, 2007-10-12 
  7. ^ Barney, Katharine. New railway station over budget...and undersized. Evening Standard. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
  8. ^ Transport for London. White City Development. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
  9. ^ London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Site Proposals - Site 36 White City Centre Site. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
  10. ^ Sharpfibre Ltd. Case study: White City. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
  11. ^ The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations. Who Framed Roger Rabbit filming locations. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.

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Coordinates: 51°30′27″N, 0°13′16″W

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