Broad Street Mall

Broad Street Mall
Location Reading, Berkshire, UK
Opening date 1971
Developer Moorgarth
Management Graham Mountford
Owner Inception Reading SARL (2015)[1]
No. of stores and services 77
No. of anchor tenants Wilko, New Look & TK Maxx
Total retail floor area 475,902 ft2
No. of floors Two
Parking 720 total spaces
18 disabled bays
Website www.Broadstreetmall.com

Broad Street Mall is a large indoor shopping centre located in central Reading, England. There is a large multi-storey car park with direct access to the first floor of the centre. It is close to The Hexagon theatre and the offices of Reading Borough Council.

History

Plans for the shopping centre were made by the Reading Borough Council in 1956, however it took more than a decade to find a suitable site and buy it.[2] The centre was originally known as the Butts Centre, and was named after the adjacent St Mary's Butts. The current name relates to Reading's principal pedestrian shopping street, Broad Street, and the centre is situated at the west end of the street. It was opened in 1971. The centre was purchased by Doughty Hanson & Co in June 2001 and sold in March 2004.[3] During this period they implemented a business strategy to update and refurbish the shopping centre to modern standards.[3] During this time footfall increased 50% and net operating profits increased 38%.[3]

Shops

Broad Street Mall across the crossroads, showing bow and arrow symbols on fence.
The cark park from above The Hexagon

Below are just a few of the many shops;
As of November 2014;
99p Stores, Argos, F. Hinds, Morrisons, New Look, Poundworld, Superdrug, TK Maxx, Wilko.

Other facilities

There are public toilets and a NHS walk-in health centre.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Home - Moorgarth". Moorgarth.
  2. ↑ Reading, past and present, Stuart Hylton. p.49
  3. 1 2 3 "Home". www.doughtyhanson.com.
  4. ↑ http://www.supersonicplayground.com/. "Reading Walk-In Health Centre". www.readingwalkinhealthcentre.nhs.uk.

Coordinates: 51°27′17″N 0°58′34″W / 51.454719°N 0.976174°W / 51.454719; -0.976174

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