Westfield London
| Westfield London | |
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| Basic data | |
| Location: | Shepherd's Bush |
| Opening: | 2008 |
| Sales area : | 240,000 m² |
| Shops: | 450 |
| Owner : | Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Commerz Real ( joint venture ) |
| Website: | uk.westfield.com/london |
| Transport links | |
| Railway station: | Shepherd's Bush |
| Subway : | Wood Lane , White City , Shepherd's Bush and Shepherd's Bush Market |
| Other: | West Cross Route (A3220), Westway (A40) and Wood Lane (A219) |
| Parking spaces : | 5,500 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Building-costs: | 1.6 billion pounds |
The Westfield London is a shopping center in London . With 240,000 m² of retail space, 450 shops and around 25 million visitors per year, it is the largest shopping center in Europe.
history
The mall was developed by the Westfield Group and cost £ 1.6 billion to build.
The opening was on October 30, 2008. The Franco-British Exhibition took place in 1908 on the site in Shepherd's Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham , which had previously been fallow .
In 2009 the building was nominated for the Carbuncle Cup .
In 2016, the shopping center was expanded by 70,000 m² of retail space and 90 shops. The expansion cost was £ 600 million.
owner
The owners are Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (50%) and the German Commerz Real (50%). The Commerz Real share is part of the portfolio of the open-ended real estate fund hausInvest .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Commerz Real: Westfield London will be Europe's largest shopping center. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ London (UK): Westfield London becomes the largest mall in Europe. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ^ Enormous shopping complex opens . October 30, 2008 ( bbc.co.uk [accessed January 19, 2020]).