Exhibition, Shepherd's Bush: 3,000 capacity concert and events venue will open near Westfield this year

Westfield's owners will convert a Victorian electricity generation station in White City. The building was used as a location in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Mummy Returns. 
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Europe’s biggest shopping centre is to expand further with a huge new music and events venue with space for up to 3000 people.

The owners of the Westfield London mall in Shepherds Bush are to convert a Grade II listed Victorian brick building next to its current site that was originally used as an electricity generation station for London Underground.

The 34,000 sq ft space over two floors will be called Exhibition, named for its proximity to the site of the Franco British exhibition at White City in 1908 to celebrate the Entente Cordiale agreement.

The venue, scheduled to open by the end of 2019, will host “high profile” live music events, exhibitions, award ceremonies and product launches.

Dimco East: the Victorian building is set to be converted into a major new concert venue

It will be the first time that the structure, known at Dimco East, has been open to the public since being built in 1899. In recent decades it has been used as a bus depot but is now owned by Westfield’s French operators Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.

Dimco East is one of a pair of buildings that have also been used as the setting for the Acme factory in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit and served as the interior of the British Museum in The Mummy Returns. The other building, Dimco West is still owned by TfL and is not part of the scheme.

Exhibition will be run by Broadwick Live & Venues, which also operates Docklands’ Printworks London where the Evening Standard once had its presses. It has become one of the capital’s most successful club and festival sites.

Bradley Thompson, managing director of Broadwick Live & Venues, said Exhibition “will attract and serve not only the local community, but the ever-increasing number of people who rightly view White City as one of the most exciting growth places in the capital.

“The location is perfect and the building itself is incredible. We are committed to respecting its past and investing in its future; offering fantastic, contemporary experiences against a stunning Victorian backdrop.”

It is the latest in a series of major new entertainment venues in Hammersmith & Fulham that have been announced in recent weeks.

Two new temporary performance spaces are due to be constructed at nearby White City Place while the owners of Olympia have won planning consent for a 1,500 seat theatre and a 1,100 set performance arts venue.

Stephen Cowan, leader of Hammersmith and Fulham council, said: “The new venue will be a great addition to out arts scene, while offering new jobs for local residents.”

Michel Dessolain, chief operating officer in Europe for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, added: “Our partnership with Broadwick Venues, one of the biggest players in the events industry in the UK, and through the support of London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, will deliver an amazing new entertainment experience and will be a leading new events venue in London.”

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