History
Opened in 2001 and costing £110 million to build, the centre was built on the former car parks behind the High Street.
Around 251,000 cubic metres of earth were excavated to form the basements and over 4,000 tons of support the Touchwood structure.
Touchwood has the only John Lewis department store in the West Midlands, at 265,000 sq ft (24,600 m2), as well as 80 other stores, over 20 restaurants and a Cineworld nine-screen multiplex cinema.
The Touchwood access also leads to Library Square, for the Solihull Central Library and Arts Complex.
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