// The iconic Battersea Power Station has finally reopened after originally closing in 1983
// The stores inside include Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Uniqlo, Aesop, The Body Shop, Castore and more
Battersea Power Station has officially opened its doors to the public after a 10-year project.
The station had been preparing for its highly-anticipated grand reopening as a mixed-use giant shopping centre.
The Grade II listed building has been completely restored after it was decommissioned and shut down in 1983.
The station once supplied a fifth of London’s electricity and a £9 billion transformation scheme – the latest of many proposals for the site – was first announced back in 2018.
Sporting giant Nike is the latest brand to join the new retail and leisure offering and has a location spanning approximately 8,380sq ft.
It will also be home to a long list of fashion brands, including Hackett, Theory, Mulberry, Levi’s, Zara, Abercrombie & Fitch, Superdry, Sweaty Betty, Lululemon, Uniqlo, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, The Kooples, Gant, Lacoste, Mango, Reiss, and Hugo Boss.
Accessories and beauty brands includes Ace & Tate, IWC, Watches of Switzerland, David Clulow, ROX, MAC Cosmetics, L’Occitane, Jo Malone London, and Space NK.
Battersea Power Station Development Company boss Simon Murphy: “It has taken a lot of hard work, determination, and the continued commitment of the Malaysian shareholders over the past 10 years to bring Battersea Power Station back to its former glory.”
“This is the culmination of a 40-year-journey, from decline to decay, to rack and ruin and now restoration, revival and rejuvenation with a new community being formed and thousands of jobs being created. The icon is reborn.”
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Shops are housed inside the power station’s two restored Turbine Halls.
Turbine Hall A reflects the Art Deco glamour of the 1930s when the power station was built, and Turbine Hall B, which was completed in the 1950s, has a brutalist, industrial look.
The power station’s former control rooms have been repurposed into an events space and an all-day bar concept, where visitors can interact with the original dials and controls.
Also opening today is a new pedestrianised high street called Electric Boulevard running from the south of the power station to the new Battersea Power Station underground station.
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