Europe’s largest retail and leisure destination opens next month near Dartford in north Kent.
Bluewater expects to attract 300m visitors a year to its 139,350 sq m (1.5m sq ft) of space and generate £650m turnover.
Its aim is to create a West End ambience. Some 300 retailers will operate out of the centre including lifestyle shops from London’s King’s Road. It will also house a “male crèche”, bars, cafes, sports shops and a golf driving range. It will boast the largest car park in the UK outside Heathrow Airport with 13,000 spaces.
Financial Times 06/08/98 page 20
