Selfridges to expand with extra floor

Selfridges on Oxford Street could soon be an even greater shopping mecca, as councilors in London are expected

to approve plans to rebuild part of its Grade II listed neo-classical building. The expansion would add an extra floor and more selling space.

The store, which dates back to 1909, would implement a 10 million pound plan to rebuild the SWOD building, named after the former Somerset, Wigmore, Orchard and Duke streets which surrounded it, with an extra floor to the rear of the grander building facing on to Oxford Street. According to the Evening Standard the plans have been approved by council officers.

A tunnel will also run to the adjacent Nations House building to the north of the block also owned by Selfridges for a new staff entrance on Wigmore Street.