Ashford Designer Outlet extension Location City: Ashford, UK
Creating Europe's largest green wall
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Key Info
- Includes:
- An extension to the exsisting Designer Outlet scheme of 80 retail units that will add c.50 retail, leisure and F&B outlets, a net 324 extra car parking spaces, a new events space and children’s play area
- Area:
- An additional 9,300m² GBA
- Status:
- Due to complete in 2019
Enhancing one of the UK's flagship designer outlets
In 2016, plans for a significant expansion to Ashford Designer Outlet in Kent, UK, were given the green light by Ashford Borough Council. This is Ashford Designer Outlet's first extension since the centre opened in 2000. Links to Ashford town centre are being improved to facilitate the whole scheme.
Improved retail and leisure offer
This extension to the existing designer outlet adds 50 retail, leisure and F&B units to the 80 already operating, as well as a new events space and a children’s play area. An additional 9,300m² GBA of commercial space is being added to the existing 17,200m². The extension is expected to add a further 500 employees to the current 1,000.
A stunning 'living green wall' cladding system
Reflecting Kent’s status as the 'Garden of England’, a living green wall of tens of thousands of vertically-stacked plants clads the centre – the longest living wall in Europe - greeting affluent long-haul tourists from Europe and beyond, as well as day-out shoppers.
The new extension is designed by Chapman Taylor, along with Applied Landscape Design.
For more information please contact:
Nick Thursby
Director (UK)
nthursby@chapmantaylor.com