First retailers at Greenwich’s o2 Shopping Outlet Village “Icon” announced
Back in February I covered impending plans for an outlet shopping centre at the o2. The first retailers planned to set up shop have now been announced.
There will be 85 new shops including Calvin Klein, Crew Clothing, Ted Baker, Hackett, Kurt Geiger, Pepe Jeans, Clarks and Skechers.
In addition there will be multiple new restaurants and bars alongside an expanded Cineworld.
Music venue and market
Alongside the new shopping centre there are separate plans for a new 4,400 music venue just outside the o2.
Also nearby will be a new market and design district on a former park. It’s now well under construction.
Despite all these developments plans to upgrade the Jubilee Line have been abandoned and bus route cuts to North Greenwich station are likely.
The shopping centre is due to open before the end of 2018.
I’m unsure of the demographic being targeted here but it seems no different to the selection at Westfield. Westfield though caters for hungry patrons across the board while they o2 doesn’t seem as family or wallet friendly as the former. They could add a McDonald’s and then all we need to do is sit back and watch the traffic pile up.
The outlet angle is to capture the Asian market (mainly Chinese) who travel in huge numbers to Bicester Outlet Village.
And they have 20k+ new homes on their doorstep too in coming years. Near 30k if including Charlton Riverside.