Ealing Broadway Centre

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]

Ealing Broadway
Ealing Broadway logo
Inside the centre's courtyard
LocationEaling, London, England
Coordinates51.512°N 0.303°W / 51.512; -0.303
Opening date7 March 1985 (1985-03-07)[1]
OwnerBritish Land
No. of stores and services85
Total retail floor area470,000 sq ft (44,000 m2)[2]
Parking800 spaces
Websitewww.ealingbroadwayshopping.co.uk

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]

  • 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. "Shopping Centre invests in a £5.5m new look". News Shopper.
  5. 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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