Nottingham City Council will have spent almost £1m maintaining and managing the Broad Marsh site over the space of a year come March.
The former Broadmarsh Centre was handed back to the council upon intu's collapse into administration in 2020, leaving the authority with £18m losses as well as future management and maintenance fees.
While one half of the former shopping centre is being demolished, the council's failed bid to the Government's Levelling-Up Fund left it without the necessary cash to continue work on the side nearest to Middle Hill.
