Westfield London - major new shopping centre | Shepherd's Bush | 1.6m sq ft

jimbo · August 14th, 2005, 09:12 PM

We lost the old thread in what will be known as the infamous July hacking.

Seeing as I live ten mins walk away and occasionally get rather good vantage points, I thought I'd start the thread again. Anyway..... here goes.

Construction Start 2004
Finish 2009

Originally proposed and started by Chelsfield, Elliot Bernard the company's founder sold out to Multiplex, Westfield and the Reuben Brothers in late 2004.

White City comprises 1.5million sq ft of retail shopping in West London. With this critical mass, White City will provide a major regional retail, catering and leisure destination of metropolitan scale. The project is being developed in partnership with Westfield who hold a 25% stake.

The White City Development involves a major regeneration that is to be built on a derelict site between Shepherd’s Bush and White City. Multiplex will be designing and building a 200,000m² shopping centre that includes four anchor stores and approximately 270 other retail outlets, a leisure complex spanning 13,000m², cinema, two new public transport hubs and 4500 car parking spaces. The development is spread over six levels, comprising three levels of car parking (two underground), two levels of retail and leisure complex at roof level. Once completed, it will have a capacity of over 25,000 patrons at one time.

Transport improvements work (£150m) include a new bus station along Wood Lane, a new rail station on the West London Line, a rebuilt Shepherd’s Bush underground station and an addition to the Tube map with a White City station built on the Hammersmith and City Line.

The site in early June from Aldine House (the offices of BPP Professional Education).

jimbo · August 14th, 2005, 10:31 PM

If anyone can find bigger or better renders of the scheme then you're better men than me - I've exhausted google et al and found nothing. Since the Chelsfield site was taken off line after the buy-out there seems to have been a total blackout on renders of the scheme. Bah!

Zenith · August 14th, 2005, 11:09 PM

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Construction Start 2004
Finish 2009

how long !

Madman · August 15th, 2005, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by zenith

how long !

It is but the site is massive, all those photos only show a part of the development. I am still undecided whether this is a good thing for White City/Shepherds Bush or not...

Madman · August 15th, 2005, 09:36 AM

I could find only one large renders and guess what...its in black and white!

http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Our_Borough/R...egyleaflet.htm

Madman · August 15th, 2005, 09:46 AM

Aha after much trawling i have found some better ones

NW Bus Station

View from NE at the H junction

Protected street view looking South towards SW entrance

Aerial view from above Holland Park roundabout

New SW entrance square with library

Dusk view from Holland Park roundabout

http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/projects.html

Day Release · August 15th, 2005, 10:34 AM

Zenith · August 15th, 2005, 11:10 AM

could they have come up with something a bit more iconic ?

Madman · August 15th, 2005, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by zenith

could they have come up with something a bit more iconic ?

But is iconic necessarily better? I think is this case probably not.

Zenith · August 15th, 2005, 11:57 AM

i dont know, perhaps your right

Bob · August 15th, 2005, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Madman

I am still undecided whether this is a good thing for White City/Shepherds Bush or not...

Me too. It's not a bad design, there is some housing, offices etc so it is mixed use to an extent, public transport is good, restrictions were placed on the number of parking spaces. All of that is good, but at the end of the day it is a shopping mall and I much prefer a bustling 24hr town centre with mixed styles, owners and all that.

potto · August 15th, 2005, 02:47 PM

They could have easily built a new street layout with a destination public centre and lots of mixed architecture buildings, but oh no it is far less work to let a single developer rake in as much profit as possible and build a big flat shed ... this`ll have minimal long term adapatibilty with a life span of 20 years no doubt, I just dont know why we still do stuff like this!

Madman · August 15th, 2005, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by potto

They could have easily built a new street layout with a destination public centre and lots of mixed architecture buildings, but oh no it is far less work to let a single developer rake in as much profit as possible and build a big flat shed ... this`ll have minimal long term adapatibilty with a life span of 20 years no doubt, I just dont know why we still do stuff like this!

Reconcile yourself on the fact that at least the development isnt 20 miles outside the city centre.

potto · August 15th, 2005, 03:05 PM

and it has a tube station! (cough Bluewater cough)

Sitback · August 15th, 2005, 03:29 PM

270 shops?

How many shops does Bluewater have?

How many shops does Brent Cross have? Only about 100 or something? So it's gonna be big then!

I'm all up for shopping centers cos I'm a compulsive shopper.

Madman · August 15th, 2005, 03:37 PM

Hehe, originally the development started with like 100 shops but it seems to have got bigger and bigger...maybe they did some surveys and saw the demand for a mega shopping complex in West London.

Peyre · August 15th, 2005, 04:05 PM

a huge shopping centre with a tube station. Sounds good to me. Although I much prefer shopping online, or smaller places out and about, this will be an addition to London.

potto · August 15th, 2005, 04:34 PM

hopefully it will spurn Oxford and Regents Street onto greater heights

Bob · August 15th, 2005, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by potto

hopefully it will spurn Oxford and Regents Street onto greater heights

good point.

jimbo · August 15th, 2005, 08:51 PM

good work team - I think Madman's black and white image is the most recent iteration of the design with the curved sail sort of roof in the middle.

In terms of transport, the new Shepherd's bush tube and bus interchange will be most welcome, as will the extra stop on the West London line, meaning the site will be literally 10 mins from Clapham Junction via West Brompton and Kensington Olympia.

I'm a bit sniffy about shopping centres in general, but this will be an amazing boost for Shepherd's Bush which has been undergoing a bit of a renaissance recently.

The nighttime render by dayrelease also shows the scope of the site. truely enormous. By the way, the outdoor walking shop which was next to the tuve station (and was the front of the old paintballing/gokarting bit) shut a couple of weeks back due to the Tube station development which I presume means construction should be imminent.

August 14th, 2005, 09:12 PM	#1
jimbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Leeds/London Posts: 4,677 Likes (Received): 3	Westfield London - major new shopping centre \| Shepherd's Bush \| 1.6m sq ft We lost the old thread in what will be known as the infamous July hacking. Seeing as I live ten mins walk away and occasionally get rather good vantage points, I thought I'd start the thread again. Anyway..... here goes. Construction Start 2004 Finish 2009 Originally proposed and started by Chelsfield, Elliot Bernard the company's founder sold out to Multiplex, Westfield and the Reuben Brothers in late 2004. White City comprises 1.5million sq ft of retail shopping in West London. With this critical mass, White City will provide a major regional retail, catering and leisure destination of metropolitan scale. The project is being developed in partnership with Westfield who hold a 25% stake. The White City Development involves a major regeneration that is to be built on a derelict site between Shepherd’s Bush and White City. Multiplex will be designing and building a 200,000m² shopping centre that includes four anchor stores and approximately 270 other retail outlets, a leisure complex spanning 13,000m², cinema, two new public transport hubs and 4500 car parking spaces. The development is spread over six levels, comprising three levels of car parking (two underground), two levels of retail and leisure complex at roof level. Once completed, it will have a capacity of over 25,000 patrons at one time. Transport improvements work (£150m) include a new bus station along Wood Lane, a new rail station on the West London Line, a rebuilt Shepherd’s Bush underground station and an addition to the Tube map with a White City station built on the Hammersmith and City Line. The site in early June from Aldine House (the offices of BPP Professional Education).

August 15th, 2005, 11:10 AM	#8
Zenith The hawk envies me Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Taunton Posts: 6,303 Likes (Received): 178	could they have come up with something a bit more iconic ? __________________ 'The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.' - Heraclitus

August 15th, 2005, 11:57 AM	#10
Zenith The hawk envies me Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Taunton Posts: 6,303 Likes (Received): 178	i dont know, perhaps your right __________________ 'The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.' - Heraclitus

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Peyre Waiting for 122 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Harrow-On-The-Great-Big-Fucking-Hill, London Posts: 3,816 Likes (Received): 0	a huge shopping centre with a tube station. Sounds good to me. Although I much prefer shopping online, or smaller places out and about, this will be an addition to London. __________________ Help Save London's future. Show your opposition to UNESCO attempting to undermine London's sovereignty http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ldntower/

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August 14th, 2005, 10:31 PM	#2
jimbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Leeds/London Posts: 4,677 Likes (Received): 3	If anyone can find bigger or better renders of the scheme then you're better men than me - I've exhausted google et al and found nothing. Since the Chelsfield site was taken off line after the buy-out there seems to have been a total blackout on renders of the scheme. Bah!

August 15th, 2005, 09:36 AM	#5
Madman London 2012 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire / Bloomsbury Posts: 2,856 Likes (Received): 1	I could find only one large renders and guess what...its in black and white! http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Our_Borough/R...egyleaflet.htm

August 15th, 2005, 09:46 AM	#6
Madman London 2012 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire / Bloomsbury Posts: 2,856 Likes (Received): 1	Aha after much trawling i have found some better ones NW Bus Station View from NE at the H junction Protected street view looking South towards SW entrance Aerial view from above Holland Park roundabout New SW entrance square with library Dusk view from Holland Park roundabout http://www.ianritchiearchitects.co.uk/projects.html

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August 15th, 2005, 02:47 PM	#12
potto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 13,508 Likes (Received): 257	They could have easily built a new street layout with a destination public centre and lots of mixed architecture buildings, but oh no it is far less work to let a single developer rake in as much profit as possible and build a big flat shed ... this`ll have minimal long term adapatibilty with a life span of 20 years no doubt, I just dont know why we still do stuff like this!

August 15th, 2005, 03:05 PM	#14
potto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 13,508 Likes (Received): 257	and it has a tube station! (cough Bluewater cough)

August 15th, 2005, 03:29 PM	#15
Sitback NW London baby! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 4,102 Likes (Received): 12	270 shops? How many shops does Bluewater have? How many shops does Brent Cross have? Only about 100 or something? So it's gonna be big then! I'm all up for shopping centers cos I'm a compulsive shopper.

August 15th, 2005, 03:37 PM	#16
Madman London 2012 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire / Bloomsbury Posts: 2,856 Likes (Received): 1	Hehe, originally the development started with like 100 shops but it seems to have got bigger and bigger...maybe they did some surveys and saw the demand for a mega shopping complex in West London.

August 15th, 2005, 04:34 PM	#18
potto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 13,508 Likes (Received): 257	hopefully it will spurn Oxford and Regents Street onto greater heights

August 15th, 2005, 08:51 PM	#20
jimbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Leeds/London Posts: 4,677 Likes (Received): 3	good work team - I think Madman's black and white image is the most recent iteration of the design with the curved sail sort of roof in the middle. In terms of transport, the new Shepherd's bush tube and bus interchange will be most welcome, as will the extra stop on the West London line, meaning the site will be literally 10 mins from Clapham Junction via West Brompton and Kensington Olympia. I'm a bit sniffy about shopping centres in general, but this will be an amazing boost for Shepherd's Bush which has been undergoing a bit of a renaissance recently. The nighttime render by dayrelease also shows the scope of the site. truely enormous. By the way, the outdoor walking shop which was next to the tuve station (and was the front of the old paintballing/gokarting bit) shut a couple of weeks back due to the Tube station development which I presume means construction should be imminent.