Marks and Spencer anchors Bradford development

Marks and Spencer will be an anchor store at the new Broadway

development in Bradford.

The construction which was initially planned in 2008 was halted by retail developer, Westfield, but has now revamped plans for the £275million development.

Peter Miller, chief operating officer at Westfield, said: "We are very pleased that Marks and Spencer have committed to taking one of the two anchor stores at our Bradford development, demonstrating their confidence in the city."

He continued: "There has been strong interest from retailers who are keen to take space in the scheme and we look forward to announcing further signings in the future.

"This scheme will deliver significant investment in Bradford and create thousands of permanent new jobs for the community."

Westfield operates 119 shopping centres around the world including in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the UK.