FACT SHEET: WESTFIELD STRATFORD CITY

FACT SHEET: WESTFIELD STRATFORD CITY
May 2011
WESTFIELD STRATFORD CITY is a £1.45bn development comprising 1.9m sq ft of retail and
leisure as well as 1.1m sq ft of office space, three hotels and homes. Opening on 13th
September 2011, Westfield Stratford City is located adjacent to the Olympic Park and will
form the prestigious gateway to the Olympic Games in 2012.
Westfield Stratford City will be home to around 300 shops and 50 bars and restaurants and
will be anchored by a John Lewis department store, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and a 17screen,
all digital, state of the art Vue cinema. As the next generation of retail development,
Westfield Stratford City will create a city within a city.
ESSENTIALS:
£1.45bn project in East London at the gateway to the Olympic Park
1.9 million sq ft retail and leisure – the largest urban shopping centre in Europe
300 shops and over 70 places to dine
Westfield’s most compelling leisure offer to date including round the clock lifestyle
and entertainment choices:
o 17-screen all-digital, 3D state-of-the-art Vue cinema
o The UK’s largest casino – Aspers Westfield Stratford City
o 14-lane bowling alley
o Hotels including 4-star flagship Holiday Inn, executive Staybridge Suites and
Premier Inn – 617 rooms in total
o 50 cafes and restaurants including the UK’s first fresh food market in a
shopping centre – The Great Eastern Market
1.1m sq ft office space including 130,000 sq ft Stratford Place available before the
Olympics (space available from 20,000 sq ft upwards)
Major anchors
o John Lewis (240,000 sq ft)
o Waitrose (32,000 sq ft)
o Marks & Spencer (200,000 sq ft)
300 fashion, food and lifestyle brands including:
o Forever 21
o Esprit
o Next
o Hollister
o Reiss
o Hugo Boss
o Topshop
o River Island
o Primark
o Boots
o WH Smith
o Monsoon
o Nike
o Timberland
o Uniqlo
o Superdry
o Lacoste

MASTERPLAN
50 places to dine including:
o Wagamama
o GBK
o Strada
o Pizza Express
o Nandos
o Jom Makan
o Las Iguanas
o TGI Friday
o Giraffe
25,000 construction jobs; 18,000 permanent jobs when scheme is fully built out
10,000 jobs provided by retail element (2,000 of which provided by the on-site Retail
Academy)
5,000 car parking spaces
4 million people within 45 mins; £3.24 billion available weighted spend
700 acre development site comprising Stratford City and London’s Olympic Park:
o 2.9 million sq ft retail and leisure space
o 6.6 million sq ft office district
o 1.3 million sq ft hotel space
o 16,400 new homes
o 180,000 sq ft community facilities
OLYMPIC CONTEXT
CATCHMENT
70% of visitors to the Games will pass through WSC
10 million people will visit the Olympics including:
o 20,000 journalists
o 10,500 athletes
o 5,000 sponsors
o 70,0000 volunteers
o 9.7 million ticketed spectators
4 billion TV audience
4.1 million resident population
£3.24 billion weighted spend
42.4% classified in the two most affluent ACORN groups, Wealthy Achievers and
Urban Prosperity

33% profiled in the 25-44 age group (versus 27.6% UK average)
£15, 025 average household spend per annum (total catchment) with average spend
in Primary trade area of £15,319
58% of the total trade area population is profiled in the ABC1 social category
UNRIVALLED CONNECTIVITY
£150 million invested by Westfield into public transport
£200 million infrastructure works project-managed by Westfield
Extensive road and bus network:
o A12, A11, A13 to the M25 & M11
o Over 4 million people reside within a 45 minute drive time / 6.7 million
people within 60 minute drive time
o 5,000 dedicated parking spaces
Powerful rail connections:
o 58 trains an hour connecting central London
o 27.2 million people enter/exit Stratford Regional Station per annum
o Stratford forecast to be one of the busiest stations on London network post
launch
o Network includes:
� Jubilee Line
� Central Line
� London Overground
� DLR
� Southeastern Kent FastLink
� National Rail Network
� Crossrail (opening 2017) – providing 24 1,500 seat trains per hour
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
75% of all Stratford City’s electrical power will be met through an on-site Combined
Cooling, Heat and Power Plant (CCHP)
Use of natural light, effective insulation, high efficiency lighting, heating and cooling
and control of solar gain will ensure the buildings are at least 10% more energy
efficient than required by Building Regulations
Efficient building design and on-site CCHP will help achieve carbon reduction targets
of 50% by 2020
A consolidated waste management system will recycle / recover 50% of retail waste
Suitable roofs will be designated as ecological brown roofs to encourage wildlife
and reduce rainwater run-off

EMPLOYMENT
A 253,000 sq ft rainwater harvesting system will be incorporated into the main
retail centre
25,000 construction jobs will be created during the build of Westfield Stratford City
with approximately 10% of the workforce comprised of Newham residents
There will be a peak of 4,500 workers on site every day as work progresses to
opening in 2011
The Workplace initiative provides construction training onsite
Over 25 apprentices and trainees under took placements on site in 2009
Up to 10,000 permanent jobs will be provided by retail sector on day one – at least
2,000 of which will be for local unemployed
18,000 permanent jobs when fully complete
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION FACTS
13,500 driven & augured piles
22 slip formed cores
40,000 tonnes of structural steel in total
380,000m2 of metal decking
380,000m2 of concrete toppings
88,000m2 of façade
70,000m2 of asphalt & membrane roof
24,000m2 of mall floor.