Ealing Broadway Centre

Shopping mall in London, England
51°30′43″N 0°18′11″W / 51.512°N 0.303°W / 51.512; -0.303Opening date7 March 1985; 39 years ago (1985-03-07)[1]OwnerBritish LandNo. of stores and services85Total retail floor area470,000 sq ft (44,000 m2)[2]Parking800 spacesWebsitewww.ealingbroadwayshopping.co.uk

The Ealing Broadway Centre, currently branded as simply Ealing Broadway, is a shopping centre in Ealing, west London. Located on The Broadway close by Ealing Broadway station, the centre consists of 85 units both indoor and a courtyard part outdoor. It was opened on 7 March 1985 by HM the Queen[3] and the complex includes the town square and the Ealing Central Library.[4]

History

Ealing Broadway was designed by Keith Scott of Building Design Partnership. The 12 acres (4.9 ha) site cost £60 million to build,[5] and was built on a site that formerly consisted of housing.[6] The development also consisted of office space, a library, a gym, and two sculptures: The Family and The Horse.[5]

It was complemented by a smaller shopping centre adjacent to it, built 1986 at a former 19th century department store called Sayers under the name The Waterglade Centre, and later renamed The Arcadia.[7] The Arcadia was redeveloped in the mid-2010s and replaced by 1-8 Broadway.[8]

The Ealing Broadway Centre was first refurbished in 2002.[4]

The shopping centre has been owned by British Land since 2013 who purchased it from Wereldhave.[9][10]

Gallery

  • Roof top of Ealing Broadway Centre; in the background is the spire of Christ the Saviour Church
    Roof top of Ealing Broadway Centre; in the background is the spire of Christ the Saviour Church
  • Inside the courtyard
    Inside the courtyard
  • A jazz band performing in the centre (1990)
    A jazz band performing in the centre (1990)

References

  1. ^ Sanders, John (26 February 2007). "Welcome to John Sanders". John Sanders. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ "View Ealing Broadway, London on Completely Retail". completelyretail.co.ukundefined.
  3. ^ "Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre celebrates 25 years". Ealing Times.
  4. ^ a b "Shopping Centre invests in a £5.5m new look". News Shopper.
  5. ^ a b Lang, Paul Howard; Oates, Jonathan (15 September 2019). Ealing in 50 Buildings. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445687070 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Ealing Broadway Centre up for grabs". This Is Local London.
  7. ^ Oates, Jonathan; Lang, Paul Howard (15 October 2013). Ealing Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445617213 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Williams, Matilda (25 October 2013). "Work starts to transform Ealing's Arcadia Shopping Centre into 1-8 Broadway, W5". Benson Elliot. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. ^ Lill, Dominic (16 March 2015). "Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre celebrates it's [sic] 30th birthday | The UK's Premier Retail News Portal".
  10. ^ "Ealing's Local Web site". www.ealingtoday.co.uk.
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