Broadgate

For other places with the same name, see Broadgate (disambiguation).

The Broadgate site features several works of public art, the largest of which is Richard Serra's 55 ft (17 m) high, free standing sculpture, Fulcrum 1987.

Part of the Broadgate Centre, viewed from the top of the Willis Building. The cranes for the new Broadgate Tower can be seen in the background.

Broadgate is a large, 32-acre (13 ha) office and retail estate in the City of London, owned by British Land and the Blackstone Group and managed by Broadgate Estates. The original developer was Rosehaugh: it was built by a Bovis / Tarmac Construction joint venture and was the largest office development in London until the arrival of Canary Wharf in the early 1990s.

The modern and mainly-pedestrianised development is located on the original site of Broad Street station (closed in 1986) and beside and above the railway approaches into Liverpool Street station.

The perimeter of the managed estate is Bishopsgate to the east, Sun Street, Appold Street and the eastern part of Worship Street to the north, the southern part of Wilson Street to the west and Eldon Street and Liverpool Street to the south. Included in the estate are Broadgate Circle and Exchange Square. Boundary changes which came into effect in 1994 now place the entire estate within the City of London - previously a part was in the London Borough of Hackney. It lies within the ward of Bishopsgate.

Several different companies have participated in the development of the estate. Between 2003 and 2009 the whole estate was owned by British Land, which has been involved since 1984. Statistics from British Land indicate that the estate provides 360,000 m² (3,900,000 sq ft) of office, retail and leisure accommodation spread over 129,000 m² (32 acres) and more than 30,000 people are employed there. In October 2009, British Land sold a 50% share of the estate to the Blackstone Group.

The 538-foot (164 m) Broadgate Tower, the 4th-tallest building in the City after the Heron Tower, Tower 42 and the 30 St Mary Axe was completed in 2008 and has added more than 820,000 sq ft (76,000 m²) of commercial floorspace to the estate. This building stands over the railway tracks out of Liverpool Street station.

Broadgate Estates manage other major office and retail developments in London such as Paternoster Square, home of the London Stock Exchange.

On August 7, 2010, Broadgate became host to the twice-monthly Broadgate Farmers' Market.

External links

• Official website
• Broadgate Ice Rink
• 201 Bishopsgate and the Broadgate Tower
• Map sources for Broadgate