Touchwood

Touchwood

Jubilee Gardens entrance to restaurants and mall
Location Solihull, England
Opening date 5th September 2001
Developer Lend Lease Group
Management Paul Birkett
Architect Eric Kuhne
No. of stores and services 104
No. of anchor tenants 1 (John Lewis)
Total retail floor area 650,000 sq ft (60,000 m2)
Parking 1,700
No. of floors 2 (John Lewis 4 floors)
Website http://www.touchwood-solihull.co.uk

Touchwood is a shopping centre in Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

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History

Opened in 2001 and costing £110 million to build, the centre was built on the former car parks behind the High Street.[1]

Around 250,000 cubic metres of earth were excavated to form the basements and over 4,000 tons of support the Touchwood structure.[2]

Touchwood has the only John Lewis department store in the West Midlands, at 265,000 sq ft (24,600 m2), as well as 80 other stores, over 20 restaurants and a Cineworld nine-screen multiplex cinema.[3]

The Touchwood access also leads to Library Square, for the Solihull Central Library and Arts Complex.

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