The Broadway, Bradford

The Broadway is a shopping and leisure complex in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, which opened on 5 November 2015.

It is currently operated by Munroe K Asset Management Ltd. Buildings were demolished and roads rerouted to make way for the development in 2004; but because of continued failure to secure buy-in from enough businesses, construction did not begin in earnest until January 2014: for most of the intervening years, the site had little apart from a deep excavation, though from 2010 the area round the edge of the site was laid out as an urban park.

[6] In April 2010, after several years in which no construction had taken place, the project was mothballed and work began on creating a temporary park on part of the site.

In February 2010, almost 6 years after the start of demolition, Bradford Council announced a plan to convert part of the construction site into a temporary park.

[11] The park would include new footpaths, seating, grassed areas, urban allotments and a performance area[11] The funding for the park scheme was provided partly by central government, as part of a fund to help local councils invest after recession, Yorkshire Forward, and the developers Westfield.

Forster Square demolition, November 2005
Forster Square post demolition, late 2006
Boarded shops on Broadway on the fringes of the development; until the centre opened, shops in this area were somewhat isolated.
Building work began again in January 2014, beginning by demolishing the temporary urban park which had occupied part of the site since 2010.
Mural at the temporary Urban Garden
Interior of the shopping centre, November 2015