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The Kensington Arcade is a
In August 2000 it was revealed that
shopping centre
A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre (Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof.
The first known collec ...
in Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
, London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, England. It is located on Kensington High Street
Kensington High Street is the main shopping street in Kensington, London, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Kensington High Street is the continuation of Kensington Road and part ...
. The entrance to High Street Kensington tube station
High Street Kensington is a London Underground station on Kensington High Street, in Kensington. The station is on the Circle line between Gloucester Road and Notting Hill Gate, and the District line between Earl's Court and Notting Hill Gat ...
is within The Kensington Arcade.
History
In August 2000 it was revealed that MEPC plc
MEPC is a British-based property investment and development business. It is headquartered in Milton Park, Oxfordshire. It used to be listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is however now owned by ...
was planning to sell its shopping centres, including Kensington Arcade, so the money can be reinvested in its business parks in South East England
South East England is one of the nine official regions of England at the ITL 1 statistical regions of England, first level of International Territorial Level, ITL for Statistics, statistical purposes. It consists of the counties of england, ...
. It was expected to sell for £100 million.
Meadow Partners announced that it had completed a recapitalization of Kensington Arcade, costing £100 million, in March 2011. Meadow Partners also asked Paul Davis + Partners to look at the redevelopment of Kensington Arcade. Planning permission was obtained to combine the two shopping units.
In April 2013, Wasabi and Bill's Restaurant took two stores in Kensington Arcade. Kamps, a German bakery chain, opened two stores in London in 2013 - one on Tottenham Court Road
Tottenham Court Road (occasionally abbreviated as TCR) is a major road in Central London, almost entirely within the London Borough of Camden.
The road runs from Euston Road in the north to St Giles Circus in the south; Tottenham Court Road tub ...
and the other in Kensington Arcade.
See also
*List of shopping centres in the United Kingdom
This is a list of shopping centres in the United Kingdom. This list does not include retail parks.
England
The list is split by region.
London
* Angel Central, Angel
* Aylesham Centre, Peckham
* The Bentall Centre, Kingston upon Thames
* Bl ...
*Westfield London
Westfield London is a large shopping centre in White City, west London, England, developed by the Westfield Group at a cost of £1.6bn,
on a brownfield site formerly the home of the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition. The site is bounded by the We ...
- a nearby shopping centre
*Royal Arcade, London
The Royal Arcade, in the upscale shopping district of Mayfair, London is an historic Victorian era shopping arcade that runs from 12 Albemarle Street to 28 Old Bond Street. Completed in 1880, it was designed by architects Archer & Green and i ...
*Piccadilly Arcade
Piccadilly Arcade runs between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street in central London. It was opened in 1909, having been designed by Thrale Jell, and is a Grade II listed building.
The arcade is composed of twenty-eight shops on the ground floor. ...
*Sicilian Avenue
Sicilian Avenue is a pedestrian shopping parade in Bloomsbury, London, resembling an open air arcade, that diagonally runs in between Southampton Row and Bloomsbury Way. It was constructed due to land clearance for a road widening project next ...
*Woburn Walk
Woburn Walk is a pedestrian street in Bloomsbury, London, that was designed by architect Thomas Cubitt in 1822, and it is one of the first examples of a pedestrian shopping street in the Regency era. Its name comes from Woburn Abbey, the main cou ...
*Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market is a covered market in London, located on Gracechurch Street but with vehicular access also available via Whittington Avenue to the north and Lime Street to the south and east, and additional pedestrian access via a number of ...
References
External links
* {{Shopping centres in London Shopping centres in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Kensington