Broadgate is a large, office and retail estate in the Bishopsgate Without area of the

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. It is owned by

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and GIC and managed by

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. The estate is in part of the eastern

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fringe, outside the line of the now lost defensive walls, and east of the former

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; a part of the city that is often described as part of the East End of London. The original developer was

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: it was built by a Bovis / Tarmac Construction joint venture and was the largest office development in London until the arrival of

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in the early 1990s. The original scheme was designed by

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, Team 2, which was headed by

Peter Foggo Peter Foggo (1930-1993) was a British architect, who headed the team at Arup Associates which designed the first phase of development at London's Broadgate in the 1980s. Foggo joined the Ove Arup Building Group in 1959, and became a partner in th ...

, who later left Arup to set up his own practice Peter Foggo Associates, where he completed the initial phase of works. Broadgate Circle is a civic space at the heart of the Broadgate Estate. The Circle was part of the original design by Arup Associates and was redesigned by the group in 2015. The key colonnade structure, formed of 54 travertine columns, was maintained and the retail spaces and amphitheatre were modernised and made more accessible. Throughout the year the space is used for a wide range of activities.

Location

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 Bishopsgate Without area of the City of London - previously a part was in the Shoreditch area of the London Borough of Hackney. It now lies wholly within the ward of Bishopsgate.

Ownership

Several different companies such as British Rail have participated in the development of the estate. Between 2003 and 2009 the whole estate was owned by

, which has been involved since 1984. Statistics from British Land indicate that the estate provides of office, retail and leisure accommodation spread over 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. In 2014, GIC agreed to acquire the 50% interest in Broadgate owned by the Blackstone Group.

Buildings

The

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, the 5th-tallest building in the City after the Heron Tower,

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, The Leadenhall Building and

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was completed in 2008 and has added more than 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

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, home of the

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. In early 2011 there was controversy over the redevelopment of the site of a

building, when it was suggested by the City of London's Chief Planning Officer Peter Rees and Ken Shuttleworth that Peter Foggo would have been pleased that the building would be demolished. The headquarters of Swiss bank UBS are situated at 5 Broadgate, a steel-clad groundscraper designed by Ken Shuttleworth of

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Events

On 7 August 2010, Broadgate became host to the twice-monthly Broadgate Farmers' Market. In the winter months Broadgate Circle used to host Broadgate Ice; London's only turn up and skate ice rink. In November 2017, Broadgate installed their first Christmas market.

Arts Programme

In 2012, Broadgate announced the Broadgate Art Trail which would showcase 16 artworks over a 32-acre plot.

References

External links

Official website201 Bishopsgate and the Broadgate Tower
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