Sheffield City Centre regeneration

A guide to regeneration projects in Sheffield City Centre

Updated May 2024

The £480m Heart of the City II project is the biggest regeneration scheme in Sheffield City Centre

Heart of the City II

The Cambridge Street Collective

The new food hall, one of several in the city centre, is scheduled to open in May 2024.

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Heart of the City II

Leah’s Yard

A collection of historic workshops are being restored to house a mixture of independent retail, hospitality and community events.

Due to open Summer 2024.

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Heart of the City II

Bethel Chapel

Located on Cambridge Street, Bethel Chapel is set to become a live music and entertainment venue.

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Heart of the City II

Kangaroo Works

Kangaroo Works on Trafalgar Street will be a large residential space with 364 modern apartments.

This is one of the developments that will bring new community living into the city centre.

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Heart of the City II

Burgess House & Laycock House

The Victorian heritage and appearance of these two buildings on Pinstone Street will be preserved whilst being developed into workspace and residential apartments as well as featuring ground floor retail and restaurant space.

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Issac’s Building

Located next to Burgess House and Laycock House, and nearing completion, the Isaac's Building will offer more office and apartment space, as well as ground floor retail and restaurant units.

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Heart of the City II

New hotel set to open

Overlooking the Peace Gardens on Pinstone Street, the new Radisson Blu hotel is a 154-room hotel featuring a rooftop bar.

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Heart of the City II

Elshaw House

Elshaw House, close to Wellington Street, is said to be the city’s first net carbon-ready building, meaning it will contribute to the ambitions of a greener and more sustainable city centre. The building, which is nearing completion, will offer over 70,000 sq.ft. of office space.

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Other regeneration underway

Fargate

£15.8m was awarded from the Government’s Future High Streets Fund.

Work includes landscaping and greening, a cultural events venue (Event Central) and a front door scheme to upgrade access improvements to several premises. Chapel Walk will also benefit.

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John Lewis building

There are plans to breathe new life into the former John Lewis building (the original Cole Brothers’ store), with pop-up shops and cafes opening on the ground floor. Plans include a rooftop pocket park.

The Council has recently agreed a lease with Urban Splash who will regenerate the building.

Photo credit: AHMM Architects

Castlegate

The remains of Sheffield's long-lost castle are set to be revealed in plans to create a new public riverside park on the old Castle site, home to the Castle Market until 2015.

Castlegate is the oldest part of Sheffield and has been inhabited since at least the 11th century.

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West Bar

Bowmer + Kirkland is developing a £150m mixed use scheme at West Bar which includes 100,000 sq.ft. office, retail and leisure space and 368 build-to-rent apartments known as Soho Yard. Due for completion late 2024.

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West Bar Square

An artists' impression of the public West Bar Square at the heart of the West Bar scheme, creating a vibrant, exciting, attractive, sustainable, new destination.

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The £75m Platform_ development on Sylvester Street is well underway and includes 355 homes.

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West Bar Roundabout

Part of Sheffield City Council’s Connecting Sheffield project to improve sustainable travel and create safer and more attractive travel routes into and around the area.

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Pennine Five

An extensive outdoor plaza is being created next to Tenter Street as part of the Pennine Five redevelopment of Griffin House, the former HSBC headquarters close to West Bar.