Putney Exchange

Putney Exchange is an indoor shopping centre in Putney, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Putney Exchange
LocationPutney, London, England
Coordinates51.4636°N 0.2164°W / 51.4636; -0.2164
Opening date1990
OwnerBlackRock
No. of stores and services44
No. of anchor tenants1 - Waitrose
No. of floors2
Websiteputneyexchange.co.uk

Building

The building has an area of 140,000 sq ft[1] and features 44 shops, with the anchor tenant being a large Waitrose & Partners supermarket.[2] There are two entrances on Putney High street: at number 98 and at number 72 on the corner with Lacy road.

History

The centre was built in 1990 and is owned by Blackrock, the Waitrose & Partners branch opened in 1996.[3]

In 2012 designs were proposed for a £10 million revamp of the building,[4] plans by Greig and Stephenson were adopted which included new entrances, shop fronts and layouts, the work was completed in May 2014.[5] The centre was awarded Loo of the year in 2013[6] and in 2017 the escalator and lift area were redesigned.[7]

In 2018 and 2019 plans were submitted by Incipio for the Palmtree rooftop bar, which were met with complaints from local residents[8][9]

Transport

The Exchange is served by Transport for London buses 14, 220, 337 and 37 which stop on Putney high street, Putney Bridge tube station (District line) is a 9-minute walk and Putney railway station (Southwestern Railway) is a 5-minute walk.[10]

The centre has a car park on the roof with 290 spaces with an entrance on Lacy road,[11] it has six electric car chargers.[12]

References
  1. "Putney Exchange, London". stage.completelyretail.co.uk/. Completely Retail. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. "Stores | Putney Exchange Shopping Centre, Putney". putneyexchange.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. "Waitrose Putney". Waitrose Memory Store. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  4. "Designs for Putney Exchange entrance unveiled". Your Local Guardian. Sutton & Croydon Guardian. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  5. "Putney Exchange". gands.co.uk/. Greig and Stephenson. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. "Images of Award Winning toilets". www.loo.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  7. "About". Putney Exchange. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  8. Mehta, Amar (11 February 2019). "Putney residents anger over new plans for The Putney Exchange". Wandsworth Times. Wandsworth Times. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  9. "Putney's Local Web site". www.putneysw15.com. PutneySW15. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  10. "How to get to Wandsworth Park in Wandsworth by Bus, Train or Tube". moovitapp.com. moovit. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  11. "About". Putney Exchange. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  12. "Charge your EV at Putney Exchange Shopping Centre | Open Charge". Pod Point Open Charge. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

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