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AL-FRESCO Public Realm Enhancements to Create a New Public Space with Al-Fresco Dining Location About Central Cross Iconic Chinatown location at the heart of London’s West End SPRING 2017 Landmark restaurant and retail development, due for completion in Spring 2017 46,000 SQ FT 46,000 sq ft prime restaurant and retail accommodation AL-FRESCO Public realm enhancements to create a new public space with al-fresco dining Location S t G i et l rd Stre e Oxfo s H i TOTTENHAM g h COURT ROAD S t r e 73M e t Soho Square OXFORD CIRCUS t ree N St M e h a g o ou l r n S bo t o rl m Ma G re t W D r e a e VISITORS e t r e u ar e G a 10 k t d n F h S o r S i t S u t t r t r h e r r 6 e 9 e e S e S t per annum t t t 11 e r r t e e e e t t 7 t 7 ee M 10 et 25 tr 12 e C re S rc St n e a k 6 to 7 r r ic p 8 S n w m t COVENT a d a o 27 r b o C 14 2 e r e GARDEN y B ld 26 C t S O 8 t h r a e r e i n t 1 9 g e L C r c e r A x i o g n s n s o g L t Walking Times Restaurants & Bars Theatres/Attractions* t R o e o n e r K a S St in et t d e r t l g tr e 8 e a l S re r 1 1 y k et St lo Leicester Square 1 min walk The Ivy, West Street Piccadilly Theatre 1,323 S a Newport F t e 3 Newport rn r B t o e e Place b Piccadilly Circus 6 min walk 2 2 e re Court an L’Atelier, West Street Lyric Theatre 967 t 5 St r rd C G 4 rra port Street ar Tottenham Court Road 7 min walk 3 Experimental Cocktail Club, Gerrard Street 3 Apollo Theatre 775 Golden e New ric G tle k et 3 Lit St Square e 15 ree Covent Garden 4 4 r t Criterion, Piccadilly Gielgud Theatre 986 L St t Piazza o r 2 ree 16 w e W St 5 Brasserie Zedel, Sherwood Street 5 Queen’s Theatre 1,074 e w a e r e sl r r i J B d L 14 CROSSRAIL o 6 6 6 h o 1 LEICESTER U B Hix, Brewer Street Ronnie Scotts 250 u e n 21 p r d SQUARE p S 28 S 13 f 7 7 e o t t Yauatcha, Broadwick Street Palace Theatre 1,400 r 1 r e r r d e e S t e S e t 8 8 t 2 t n r a Century Club, Shaftesbury Avenue The New Ambassadors Theatre 444 M e L e n 5 a e PICCADILLY 22 t id 9 9 r 9 a Quo Vadis, Dean Street St Martin’s Theatre 550 CIRCUS t M t i Stree eet Leicester 13 12 n 40 r 10 10 Vigo y St s Arbutus, Frith Street Cambridge Theatre 1,231 tr oven Square L ce CONNECTED ens 5 C a la rd ne s P 11 L’Escargot, Greek Street 11 Coliseum 2,359 Ga 23 o on nd STATIONS gt ha 12 12 lin C La Bodega Negra, Old Compton Street Duke of Yorks’ Theatre 640 ur 4 24 11 B 13 13 J Sheekey, St Martin’s Court Garrick Theatre 732 H 4 a Orange Street 14 14 y William IV Street Soho House, Greek Street Wyndhams Theatre 759 m a 15 r UNDERGROUND LINES k Hippodrome Casino (seated) 1,340 e t 16 et Hotels Leicester Square Theatre 400 re St R n e 17 y g Theatre Royal 2,196 rm e Je nt 20 1 One Leicester Street, Richmond Mews 18 d Her Majesty’s Theatre 1,216 S 19 n t a 2 D r 17 tr W Hotel, Wardour Street u e S 19 e 4 Haymarket Cinema 600 k e t 3 o 3 LINES Haymarket Hotel, Suffolk Place 20 f st National Gallery - Y a Trafalgar o 18 l E within easy 4 r al Le Meridien, Piccadilly k M Square 21 Empire Cinema 727 S ll t a walking distance 5 r P e Café Royal, Regent Street 22 e Odeon West End Cinema 1,332 t 6 Cocksp Soho Hotel, Richmond Mews 23 ur Stre Prince of Wales Theatre 1,160 et CHARING 7 Dean Street Townhouse, Dean Street 24 CROSS Criterion Theatre 588 l al 8 St James’s M Z Hotel, Moor Street 25 ll Prince Edward Theatre 1,650 Square Pa 9 St Martin’s Lane Hotel, St Martin’s Lane 26 Palace Theatre 1,400 27 Seabright Productions - 28 Yellow Earth Theatre - l al ll M Pa l *Number of seats where applicable al M e Th Crossrail FITZROVIA MARYLEBONE TOTTENHAM THE COURT ROAD ET D STRE ELIZABETH OXFOR LINE BOND STREET Crossrail (the Elizabeth line) will open in Journey time Heathrow to 2018 and is expected to carry 73 million Liverpool Street passengers through nearby Tottenham 2010 55 minutes Court Road station, rising to 108 million Crossrail 36 minutes by 2026. This will generate a very Saves 19 minutes SEVEN DIALS significant increase in the footfall flowing through Chinatown. Tottenham Court Road station By 2026 passenger numbers MAYFAIR SOHO C COVENT UE H EN A GARDEN V R A 108 I Y N Expected 2018 MILLION R U G within easy walking B distance S CHINATOWN E C T F R A O 73 S 2013 H MILLION S S within easy walking distance R O A 55 D MILLION within easy walking TOTTENHAM distance COURT ROAD Crossrail pedestrian flow into Seven Dials London’s Chinatown is one of the largest in the world, comprising around 80 regional Chinese and South-East Asian restaurants £44 120 units 80 restaurants and 40 shops across 10 streets Average overseas visitor F&B spend £44 per visit 55m visitors to Chinatown annually £37 KOENIG BOOKS A CHILD OF THE JAGO JACK SHEPPARD ANDY & TULLY QUINTO & FRANCIS EDWARDS BOOK SELLERS 1855 CARDS GALORE STRANGE EVERWELL Average F&B spend CAFÉ VERGANO 1882 HENRY PORDES BOOKS £37 per visit ANY AMOUNT CHARING CROSS ROAD OF BOOKS SPLASH ORIGINALS HARDYS SWEETS PATISSERIE VALERIE 1 2 3 58 4 Average dwell time 58 minutes per visit 5 6 REDEVELOPMENT COMING SOON 7 8 VACAN T WILLIA HIL O L M R EU CHANGE X O E RI FA EN SH TA E IO L N CHINESE 9 TAPAS HOUSE LEICESTER UEN L SQUARE E 10 SUN R WAN JUN T 11 P2BUS PALAC ARK ASIA CENTRE ASIA P AR 12 N C A HEATURE & TELECOM THEA THE LTH EXPRESS MP NCP CUPPACHA NEWPORT COURT CHICKEN BIGBE 15 HA 14 LE PP 1stCUT 13 MON Y NEWPORT COURT BAIWEI B AOZI INN HONG-NING OKYO JEN T DINER AFE/BARS/PUBS NEWPORT PLACE CAFE C THE HIPPODROME FIRE STATION FIRE LITTLE NEWPORT STREET TELS O ANT/ LEICESTER COURT H AL R VEL R ON A O T U NEW R C BAKERY T KU BAR CHINA AN A C SHOP CHINATOWN T JADE GERRARD PLACE BUFFET CHINA JOY LUCK RES HARBOUR CITY V BEJING WAN CHAI UE TONG RESTAURANT CINEMA ANT CORNER BANKS/FINANCIAL RAN R U TANG WORLD A T LEONGS W WONDERFUL LEGENDS E CONTINUE N CHAI TIME PATISSERIE GOURMET CHINA KITCHEN LEISURE IMPERIAL FRITH STREET RELIANCE LITTLE TRAVEL WOODEN HUT NUSADUA RES CHINESE BIO SLIM FENG T SAGITTA TRAVEL SHOP TRAVEL SAGITTA E VERWELL E THEATRES SHUI INN CHINESE MEDICINE ARK M BEIJING DUMPLING OON FUNG OON OVERSEA L SUPER LADBROKES (CRISPY DUCK) YOUNG CHENG NEW LOON FUNG GUANG HWA HAOZHAN SHIBUYA SOHO LIDO LOON MOON T ARD NEW E BE HEALTH Y SUPERMARKET PRINCE ARK CHARLES M UK EXCHANGE PADDY POWER WOO HONG WOO SUPER MONT SEE RUBY TEA SUKI HORSE & DOLPHIN LEICESTER PLACE BE HEALTH FOUR SEASONS SUPER STAR SUN TV ROMILLY STREET ROMILLY GOLDEN PHOENIX MANCHURIANS LEGENDS FAR EAST TAOTAO JU TE CRISPINS DE HEMS A ORIENTAL MAOTAI KITCHEN GOLDEN G DELIGHT EVERWELL DEAN STREET HONGK ONG BUFFET MACCLESFIELD STREET BETFRED ANG LEONG’S LOTUS Y ASA A LEGEND R S GARDEN B.T. EXCHANGE EXCHANGE MONEY CINEMA HE EMPIRE USE LUCKYHO T DUMPLINGS MONEY LEGEND CORP PHO ORIENTAL DRAGON & BUN STREET LISLE HSBC ER MEI LEICESTER SQUARE FAR EAST STREET GERRARD TRAVEL ROYAL DRAGON HOUSE LITTLE PENANG LEICESTER JOY KING LAU LITTLE JINLI CHINESE THE IMPERIAL PUB LAMB THES LUG &L ETTUCE ANSEY PLACE LE SALON D GOLDEN DRAGON MINI SHAFTESBURY AVENUE SHAFTESBURY OWER LEICESTER STREET CAB L F S Y PLUM VALLEY M ES A R M P X TELECO THE THEATRE E PC LONDON CHINATOWN CAFÉ KOWLOON OREA K GERRARDSC ORNER TLE SHUANG T SHUANG LI PLAY 2WIN R VIET FOOD E T S W HOTEL I S S ’ E Y L X MR WU MR THE CELLAR THE T MARX CHANGE A T I L W WARDOUR STREET About Chinatown OUNG COSTA Y CHENG QUEEN’S THEATRE LA SCALA WONG KEI SUNRISE 1997 OWN T RESTAURANT TPT CAFÉ EASY HEALTH HUNG’S CHINESE BAKE PIZZA EXPRESS OLD MISATO - O'NEILLS N X I Y FOUR SEASONS OFFICES E P G OKES L EVERWELL E F MW BUFFET R O T E L 138.COM KFC S R O ORIENT LONDON MORDEN AND LEA LADB EVERWELL ANGS GIELGUD THEATRE T AFE C & R C C&R S RUPERT COURT T G CASINO ONNORS C ' CAFÉ CONCERTO THAI THO THE TWO SPORTSMEN UE POS PALOMAR Y O L B X OLD TREE CROWN GIFTS BAKERY BUTIFARRA A MORADA W LONDON RUPERT STREET APOLLO THEATRE CIRCUS PICCADILLY HE LYRIC THEATRE LYRIC HE T SHAFTESBURY AVENUE SHAFTESBURY About the scheme Charing Cross Road Flagship redevelopment of key Flagship gateway site to Chinatown redevelopment of Complete redevelopment of former market building to provide modern, key gateway site attractive and flexible mixed use to Chinatown accommodation Contemporary Asian-inspired fully opening shop-front design New landscaped public space including Chinese pagoda and green wall Newport Place 3 new restaurant units totalling 13,500 Managed site - dedicated waste sq ft for Chinese and Pan-Asian concepts management, common extraction and estate management facilities Newport Court Newport Court 4 new kiosks totalling 2,000 sq ft for Asian street-food operators Charing Cross Road Newport Place 8 new retail units totalling 32,000 sq ft for international lifestyle operators Not to scale, for indicative purposes only.
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