[5] For many years, the Queens Arcade was ageing and needed replacing, with many store units lying vacant or occupied by small, independent businesses.

It included the plan to demolish the Queens Arcade for an all new modern shopping centre to be erected on land which was covered by the Queens Arcade and the Dugdale Car Parks and see the Shopping Centre slicing Dugdale Street in half.

[7] One major contract, which the Ropewalk helped bring to Nuneaton, was the arrival of American coffee giant Starbucks.

In January 2010, the Bank of Ireland took control of the shopping Centre after previous owners called Broadway Capital owned by Irish Investor and Property Developer John McCann were liquidated with debts of up to £64 million, most of that money was owed to the BOI.

[14][15] On 5 October 2017, TJ Hughes returned to Nuneaton, but this time inside of the Ropewalk, occupying the former BHS premises.