Welcome to Finance Bradford!

Finance Bradford Listerhills urban village, £90 million mixed use project, student and key-worker housing, in the city centre Thornton Road/Valley area.
* New Victoria Place, £55 million hotel, public square, offices, retail, Bradford College, 205 apartments, adjacent to the Alhambra Theatre and Centenary Square (proposed, site is under discussion).

* Channel Finance Bradford neighbourhood, £350 million waterside project in the city centre Canal Road area, with shops, offices, apartments, includes reopening the Bradford Canal (in planning).
* University campus refurbishment, £75 million project as part of 'Ecoversity' vision (part complete).[19]

* Lister Mills further Finance Bradford phases of a £100 million project, Chimney Square, Boiler House, link to Victor Road and Lister Park (proposed).
* Drummonds, Manningham, conversion of mills to apartments and offices (proposed).
* The Bowl, centrepiece Finance Bradford of the Alsop Masterplan[20] large pool backed by City Hall, the future gathering place for Bradfordians (purchase of land in progress).
* Citygate project, Manchester Road (City Centre end) hotel, residential and commercial buildings including a 38 storey tower, making it Bradford's tallest building (completion 2012). Finance Bradford

In past centuries Bradford's location in Bradfordale made communications difficult, except from the north. Nonetheless, Bradford is now well-served by Finance Bradford transport systems. Bradford was first connected to the developing turnpike network in 1734, when the first Yorkshire turnpike was built between Manchester and Leeds via Halifax and Bradford.

Today Bradford lies on several trunk roads:

* The A647 to Leeds
* The A650 between Wakefield and Keighley
* The A658 to Harrogate
* The A6036 to Halifax Finance Bradford

The M606, a spur off the M62 motorway, connects Bradford with the national motorway network. Although it was originally planned to go directly into Finance Bradford the city centre, this has never been built and is unlikely now ever to be, as a hotel has been built across the proposed route.

Bradford's tram system was begun by Bradford Corporation in 1882. At first the Finance Bradford vehicles were horse-drawn but were replaced by steam-driven trams in 1883, and by electric ones