THE skyline of Oxford changed forever today as the last of the Westgate Centre's iconic glass roof pyramid was pulled down.
The £440m scheme to re-vamp the Westgate Centre is in its main construction phase and is expected to create 1,000 jobs when it is completed.
It will reopen in October 2017 after work started in late February to extend the centre, which will cover 800,000sq ft and include more than 100 new stores, 25 restaurants and cafes, a boutique cinema, rooftop terrace and new public spaces.
Plans for the centre have been submitted by developer Westgate Oxford Alliance and designs include kiosks that will be used for food and retail in addition to the creation of a flagship John Lewis department store.
Businesses already signed up for the new shopping centre include H&M, Michael Kors, River Island, Superdry, Primark, Next, Schuh and Goldsmiths, with boutique cinema chain Curzon Cinemas and restaurant Sticks’n’Sushi also confirmed.
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