Touchwood, Solihull
- Shopping centre on the south-east of the West Midlands conurbation – opposite side from Dudley
- On redeveloped land in the town centre, close to bus and railway stations, with it’s own multi-storey car park
- Prosperous area
- National Exhibition Centre and Birmingham airport
- Less derelict land than Dudley and has far more employment in growing sectors of the economy
- Touchwood was becoming old fashioned in the 90’s, and therefore refurbished itself
- 60,000m² space, opened in Sept 2001, modern theme
- Won UK Retail Destination of the year and Best major new shopping centre, also in the top 50 shopping centre destinations
- Created 2,000 retail jobs
- 80 stores, 20 restaurants, 9-screen cinema, 6,000 parking spaces
- Links to M42
- Architecture reflects Solihull very well and looks very pretty
- Largest arcade centre and most courtyard gardens and open spaces in the UK for a centre
- 2 internal courtyards
- 3 special arcade rooms
- 4 new gardens
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