Westfield London has announced its plans to open a new venue and events space, offering customers more of an experience alongside their shopping. The 34,000sq ft venue will be called Exhibition and will be built within the Westfield London mall in Shepherds Bush. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has partnered with Broadwick Venues, which operates venues such as Printworks, to repurpose the grade II listed Dimco East Building, which sits on the site that is currently being developed as part of Westfield London’s £600 million expansion.
Exhibition will be on two floors and will have a total standing capacity of 3000 as well as “multiple rooms, formats and configurations as well as a number of adaptable relaxation areas”. Work on the site will start this month and the venue is expected to be open for customers by the end of this year.
“Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield creates unique and innovative destinations globally where our customers can shop, dine, be entertained and connect,” chief operating officer Michel Dessolain said.
“Our partnership with Broadwick Venues, one of the biggest players in the events industry in the UK, and through the support of London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, will deliver an amazing new entertainment experience and will be a leading new events venue in London.”
