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Heart of the City II
53°22′37″N 1°28′44″W / 53.377°N 1.479°W
Heart of the City II is a mixed-use development under construction in Sheffield city centre, England between the Devonshire Quarter and The Moor Gateway. The project was previously given the marketing name Sevenstone, prior to Hammerson, the developer, being dropped from the project in December 2013 with Sheffield City Council seeking new developers.
The first phase, consisting of restaurants, shops and offices opened in 2020. The second phase was largely completed in mid 2024.
Located to the west of Pinstone Street, between Barkers Pool and Moorhead, Heart of the City II covers a 7-hectare (17-acre) site in the heart of Sheffield and involves a major re-design of this part of the city.
The £470 million scheme features mostly new buildings, with some older ones retained and refurbished. Roughly 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2) of retail and leisure space will be created as a result of the project, along with 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) of workspace, 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) of cultural space and 420 new homes. A new park, named Pound's Park after Sheffield's first chief fire officer John Pound, will be created on the site of the former Sheffield Central fire station and will feature a water play area, a playground and a climbing wall. A new food hall, on the corner between Cambridge Street and Wellington Street is also part of the scheme.
Investigations into the rapid decline of Sheffield city centre from the mid-1980s led the Sheffield Development Corporation and Sheffield City Council to jointly commission Hillier Parker and the Oxford Institute of Retail Management to undertake a study of the region in 1994, and to recommend a strategy for regeneration of the city centre. The study noted the decline in status of the city centre and recommended a long-term strategy for the unification of The Moor and Fargate through a major retail development.
This concept was developed and in 2000 the New Retail Quarter site was identified by a City Centre Masterplan, commissioned by Sheffield 1, the city's urban regeneration company. In 2001, Hammerson was selected as preferred developer through conducted jointly by Sheffield 1 and the council.
Hammerson submitted an Outline Planning Application in October 2005, seeking permission for a mixed use development consisting of refurbishment of use of existing buildings and erection of buildings for retail, housing, a night club, a health and fitness club, and multi-storey car parking. Amended planning applications were submitted in May and July 2006.
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Heart of the City II
53°22′37″N 1°28′44″W / 53.377°N 1.479°W
Heart of the City II is a mixed-use development under construction in Sheffield city centre, England between the Devonshire Quarter and The Moor Gateway. The project was previously given the marketing name Sevenstone, prior to Hammerson, the developer, being dropped from the project in December 2013 with Sheffield City Council seeking new developers.
The first phase, consisting of restaurants, shops and offices opened in 2020. The second phase was largely completed in mid 2024.
Located to the west of Pinstone Street, between Barkers Pool and Moorhead, Heart of the City II covers a 7-hectare (17-acre) site in the heart of Sheffield and involves a major re-design of this part of the city.
The £470 million scheme features mostly new buildings, with some older ones retained and refurbished. Roughly 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m2) of retail and leisure space will be created as a result of the project, along with 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) of workspace, 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) of cultural space and 420 new homes. A new park, named Pound's Park after Sheffield's first chief fire officer John Pound, will be created on the site of the former Sheffield Central fire station and will feature a water play area, a playground and a climbing wall. A new food hall, on the corner between Cambridge Street and Wellington Street is also part of the scheme.
Investigations into the rapid decline of Sheffield city centre from the mid-1980s led the Sheffield Development Corporation and Sheffield City Council to jointly commission Hillier Parker and the Oxford Institute of Retail Management to undertake a study of the region in 1994, and to recommend a strategy for regeneration of the city centre. The study noted the decline in status of the city centre and recommended a long-term strategy for the unification of The Moor and Fargate through a major retail development.
This concept was developed and in 2000 the New Retail Quarter site was identified by a City Centre Masterplan, commissioned by Sheffield 1, the city's urban regeneration company. In 2001, Hammerson was selected as preferred developer through conducted jointly by Sheffield 1 and the council.
Hammerson submitted an Outline Planning Application in October 2005, seeking permission for a mixed use development consisting of refurbishment of use of existing buildings and erection of buildings for retail, housing, a night club, a health and fitness club, and multi-storey car parking. Amended planning applications were submitted in May and July 2006.