2009

SU5309 : Whiteley Outlet Shopping Centre

taken 14 years ago, near to Whiteley, Hampshire, England

Whiteley Outlet Shopping Centre
Whiteley Outlet Shopping Centre
The streets of this centre are laid out in the form of a cross, this is looking from the centre of the cross, along its southeastern arm. The twin towers of the main entrance to the centre are seen at the end. For the opposite view of these towers, see SU5309 : Whiteley Village Outlet Shopping Centre.
Whiteley Village Shopping Centre

Whiteley (Hampshire) is a large new housing area built upon former farm land. In 1999 Whiteley village Outlet Shopping Centre was opened. It cost £60m. Unfortunately it suffered competition from the outlet shopping in Gunwharf Quays (Portsmouth) and did not prosper. Accordingly in 2011 it was decided to completely demolish all the shops and build a new shopping centre at a cost of £100m.

The new centre abandons the "outlet" role and is intended to be more of a local shopping place. According to architects Costorphine + Wright it "will provide over 240,000 sq.ft of top quality retail and restaurant space in an open 'high street' format. All units feature two-storey high structural glass facades based on a 12m structural width to minimise the number of columns in the front elevation and to give a slick contemporary feel to the retail frontage."

The site is owned by the Whiteley Co-ownership, a 50:50 partnership between British Land plc and the Universities Superannuation Scheme (a pension fund for people who work in universities). In March 2011 British Land listed the portfolio value of the outlet shopping centre as £24m with an annual rental income of £2m.

Virtual tour of new centre: LinkExternal link
Architects: LinkExternal link
Planning documents: LinkExternal link
Daily Echo article LinkExternal link
Portsmouth News article: LinkExternal link


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Category: Shopping centre
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Looking from the Centre of the Cross [8] · Entrance [7] · Seen [5] Other Photos: · Redevelopment of Whiteley Outlet Shopping Centre Title Clusters: · Whiteley Outlet Shopping Centre [8] ·
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SU5309, 56 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Peter Facey   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 10 November, 2009   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 10 November, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 5318 0969 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:53.0556N 1:14.7233W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 5316 0974
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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