WestQuay

WestQuay

WestQuay is a shopping centre in Southampton, England.

WestQuay has an area of convert|800000|sqft|m2|-4 of retail space (74,000 m²) and contains around a hundred shops, including major retailers such as, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Zara, Schuh, Waterstone's, Benetton Bank, Apple, and many more top brand names.

It is situated in the centre of the city, close to the docks, with entrances on the main High Street (Above Bar Street), on Portland Terrace, through Waterstone's and through John Lewis. There is also a built in multi storey car park with an entrance into the centre along with a 3 tier car park beneath. Building work began in 1997 as the former Daily Echo building and Pirelli Cable Works were demolished to make way for the centre. The centre was opened on 28 September, 2000.

The building is heated using geothermal energy, as is the civic centre. A centralised plant uses heat from an aquifer underground and then distributes it to the buildings in the city centre via a district heating scheme.

The John Lewis store replaced the local department store "Tyrrell & Green" (a branch of the John Lewis Partnership), which was met with mixed emotions from the local people. Marks & Spencer re-located from Above Bar Street to take the second anchor store.

There have been a few major changes to the centre's shops since its opening. The Tower Records (which faced fierce competition from the HMV store across the street) was replaced with a Nike store, which has closed after just a few months. This unit is now Pret A Manger a sandwich retailer. Waitrose moved to Portswood in 2006. The old Waitrose space has now been replaced by New Look as the current New Look store in the West Quay was smaller. The smaller store, although having an upper floor, is now occupied by River Island. They have also moved, however they have came into West Quay from a smaller high street store. In October 2007 some representatives from America came to Southampton (WestQuay) to learn about geothermal energy.

Construction

Demolition began in September 1997 and WestQuay opened on 28 September 2000.

WestQuay has been constructed on the former site of the first Pirelli Cable Works and it measures approximately ¼ of a mile from one end of the construction to the other.

The development crosses over three major roads. It absorbs a 4 ½ metre change in ground level between east and west boundaries.

The length of the mall from the above bar to the harbour parade is 400M

The 20 m support structure from the two-storey glazed retail link over Portland Terrace weighs 400 tonnes.

15,000 cubic metres of crushed concrete from the demolition had been recycled for use on site. 120,000 tonnes of excavated material was removed.

Rubble was taken to tips convert|50|mi|km|0 away, involving 5,040 Lorry loads.

The roof lights extend to around 350 m in lengthThere are a total of 32 lifts through out the development.

The steel work took 20 weeks to design, order and manufacture.

As many as 13 tower cranes worked on the site. The tallest crane had a 66 m mast and a reach of 65M.

Southampton’s Geothermal Heat Station supplies heat and chilling facilities to the centre.

Television Publicity

The West Quay has had a lot of adverts on television in the local television region. West Quay has appeared briefly on an episode in the first series of "Trinny & Susannah Undress" on ITV.

Awards

February 2000 Marketing Award Destination Southampton

September 2000 Secured Car park.

June 2001 Best High Street DevelopmentProperty Week

July 2001 Opening, Refurbishment & Major Re-launchPurple Apple, BCSC

August 2001 Cobra Car Park Safety AwardPolice (Regional)

October 2001 European Week for Safety & Health

December 2001 Best New CentreBCSC

February 2002 Regeneration AwardRICS

February 2002 Best New Car Park & Overall WinnerBritish Parking Awards

February 2002 Secured Car Park AwardPolice

February 2002Visitor Attraction Award,South HampshireDestination Southampton

February 2003 Winner of Overall Marketing CampaignPurple Apple, BCSC

February 2003 Best Advertising CampaignPurple Apple, BCSC

March 2004 Services to Disability AwardDestination Southampton

September 2004 Tom Hillyer AwardNational Shopmobility Federation

February 2005 Merit AwardBCSC Purple Apple Awards

April 2005 Safe Car Park AwardPark Mark

April 2006Southampton Centre for Independent Living, Access all Areas Readers Award 2006Southern Daily Echo

April 2006Safe Car Park AwardPark Mark

March 2007Achieving Customer Excellence (ACE) Award Winner 40,000-80,000 m² categoryBCSC ACE Awards

March 2007Achieving Customer Excellence ‘Top ACE’ Overall Award WinnerBCSC ACE Awards

March 2007Effective Management of Off-street Parking –CommendationBritish Parking Association

ee also

*Geothermal power in the United Kingdom

External links

* [http://www.west-quay.co.uk/ Official website] .
* [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?&ll=50.903987,-1.404963&spn=0.003085,0.007502&hl=en Google Maps street map of the surrounding area]
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