Town centre development of indoor shopping malls in major towns and cities. Examples include the Manchester Arndale Centre, the St. James Centre in Edinburgh and the Bullring Centre in Birmingham. They tended to be constructed in a Brutalist or Modernist fashion reflecting the architectural styles of the period. During the Thatcher government of the 1980s, a change in planning policy allowed competing out-of-town shopping and leisure centres to be developed. Examples include the Metro Centre in Gateshead, the Merry Hill Shopping Centre in Dudley, and the Gyle Centre in Edinburgh. Developments of this type have, in a number of places, resulted in
Willowbrook Shopping Centre by the 564, 370, 501, and the 531 bus routes operated by TransLink, the transportation authority serving Metro Vancouver. TransLink plans to build "Willowbrook Exchange", a future public transit exchange serving the shopping centre and the surrounding community. The shopping centre can be accessed by the Fraser Highway and the Langley Bypass. Willowbrook Shopping Centre Willowbrook Shopping Centre (sometimes referred to as Willowbrook Mall) is a shopping mall that straddles the border between the City of Langley and Langley Township in British Columbia. The mall is located on Fraser Highway near the Langley Bypass. It is the largest shopping centre