Battersea Power Station celebrates summer of success
Battersea Power Station has reported its strongest summer to date with a 17% growth in footfall year-on-year from mid-July to the end of August.
The London shopping and leisure destination has also seen its total visitor numbers exceed 22 million since it opened to the public in October 2022.
Fashion brands performed particularly well with sales up by 21% compared to the same period in a year earlier.
Sam Cotton, head of asset management at Battersea Power Station Development Company, said: “This summer has really demonstrated the strength of having such a diverse mixed-use offering. Every aspect of the development has seen brilliant growth over the past few months, from office leasing at 50 Electric Boulevard, through to residential and retail sales. Each component supports and sustains the others, building on each area’s success to make Battersea Power Station one of London’s buzziest neighbourhoods.”
In the first half of 2024, Battersea Power Station averaged one retail and leisure opening every month, with new brands including El Pastor, Two Drops by the Harts Group, Third Space, Santa Nata and LIPS Pharmacy and Healthcare Centre.
Brands still set to join the line-up include Marks & Spencer’s first standalone clothing store, Macaroni Penguin, % Arabica, Duck & Rice, Blank Street Coffee, Bizzy Me, Heartcore Pilates and R.W Wolf.
Cotton added: “Battersea Power Station has gone from strength-to-strength since its opening in 2022. We’re consistently growing our footfall and continuing to attract world-class brands to our ever-expanding offering, which draws thousands of people of all ages every day to shop, eat, live, work and play.”
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