Meadowhall (shopping centre) 19th century Meadow Hall Iron Works, owned by John Crowley and Co., the shopping centre was built by Bovis on the site previously occupied by Hadfields' East Hecla steelworks. The centre was opened on 4 September 1990. With a floor area of , it is the eighth largest (second largest when first opened) shopping centre in the UK. It is similar in concept to the Merry Hill Shopping Centre at Brierley Hill in the West Midlands, which was completed just before Meadowhall. With over 280 stores, Meadowhall has been widely blamed for the closure of shops in Sheffield City Centre
Meadowhall (shopping centre) centre was also home to the only McCafé in Yorkshire, which has been replaced with a franchise called "Love Coffee". The centre's Burger King (Formerly located on Market Street) was replaced by a small franchise called "Burger Knight" when it re-opened after the 2007 floods. The franchise later closed in May 2008. In October 2012, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) announced that the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global has bought 50 percent of the UK shopping centre Meadowhall for £348 million, or approximately 3.2 billion Norwegian kroner. In 2014, the mall "Park Lane" was refurbished in the style of a