Touchwood, Solihull
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 Jubilee Gardens entrance to restaurants and mall | |
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| Location | Solihull, England |
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| Opening date | 5 September 2001 |
| Developer | Lend Lease Group |
| Management | Andrew Cole |
| 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) [1] |
| No. of floors | 2 (John Lewis 4 floors) |
| Parking | 1,650 |
| Website | http://www.touchwoodsolihull.co.uk |
Touchwood is a shopping centre in Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
History
Opened in 2001 and costing £110 million to build, the centre was built on the former car parks behind the High Street.[2]
Around 251,000 cubic metres of earth were excavated to form the basements and over 4,000 tons of support the Touchwood structure.[3]
Touchwood has a John Lewis department store,[4] at 265,000 sq ft (24,600 m2), as well as 80 other stores, over 20 restaurants and a Cineworld nine-screen multiplex cinema.[5]
The Touchwood access also leads to Library Square, for the Solihull Central Library and Arts Complex.
References
- ^ http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/business-news/solihulls-touchwood-shopping-centre-unveils-8790423
- ^ "Touchwood".
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{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Faithfull, Mark (29 October 2010). "Delivering a decade of top shopping destinations". retail-week.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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