The redevelopment of the former Broadmarsh Centre should take inspiration from similar successes in New York and London to temp investors back to the site following "a succession of false dawns", experts have said. The half-demolished centre, which now sits in the Greater Broad Marsh area, will form a large part of the regeneration of the southern side of Nottingham.
In December last year a new vision for the Greater Broad Marsh area, which is roughly the size of Wembley Stadium, was unveiled by the project's advisory group. Nottingham City Council had established the group, which is chaired by the Nottingham Project's Greg Nugent, after shopping centre giant intu collapsed into administration in 2020.
Intu's old vision for the site, which included a new cinema and bowling alley, was buried deep within the heap of rubble and twisted concrete that remained. Demolition had begun and ceased within a single year and the coronavirus pandemic had been the final nail in the coffin for the retail-focused future of the site.
