Touchwood, Solihull

Touchwood
Jubilee Gardens entrance to restaurants and mall
Location Solihull, England
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

  1. ↑ http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/business-news/solihulls-touchwood-shopping-centre-unveils-8790423
  2. ↑ "Touchwood".
  3. ↑ "Touchwood".
  4. ↑ Faithfull, Mark (29 October 2010). "Delivering a decade of top shopping destinations". retail-week.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Touchwood".


Coordinates: 52°24′47″N 1°46′48″W / 52.413°N 1.780°W / 52.413; -1.780

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