page_title: Wembley
section_title: Regeneration
hierarchical_section_title: Wembley / Regeneration
caption_attribution_description: English: Central Square, Wembley
context_page_description: Wembley is the principal town of the borough of Brent in north west London, England, about 8 miles west-northwest of Charing Cross. Wembley was formed a separate civil parish from 1894 and was incorporated as a municipal borough of Middlesex in 1937. In 1965, the area merged with the Municipal Borough of Willesden to create the London Borough of Brent, and has since formed part of Greater London.
  Wembley is known as the location of Wembley Stadium, the home of the England national football team and the largest stadium by capacity in the UK.
  The town of Wembley also includes the localities of Alperton, North Wembley, Tokyngton, Wembley Park, Sudbury, and partly Preston. The total population of the seven wards that make it up was 102,856 as of 2011.
context_section_description: The area's regeneration is one of the major development projects in London in the early 21st century, as specified in the London Plan published by the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone in 2004.
  The regeneration project is focused on the "Wembley Park" site first developed by Sir Edward Watkin as a pleasure ground in the 1890s, and then used for the Empire Exhibition of 1924–5. This area includes Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena. The 1923 Wembley Stadium closed in October 2000 and was demolished in 2003. The new Wembley stadium was designed by a consortium including engineering consultant Mott MacDonald and built by the Australian firm Multiplex. It cost £798 million and opened in 2007. Grade II-listed Wembley Arena, now the SSE Arena, has been sensitively refurbished in keeping with its Art Deco style.
  In 2004 Brent Council approved a mixed use plan by Buro Happold for the development of 55 acres (223,000 m²) adjacent to the stadium, which was presented by Quintain Limited. It is envisaged that the whole of the former British Empire Exhibition site will be redeveloped. At the same time Brent Council sought to encourage redevelopment of the neighbouring Wembley town centre area around the High Road. These were completed in phases between 2009 and 2015.
caption: The regenerated Central Square in 2015
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