Future Plans

Heart of the City Masterplan

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A total of £65m has been spent on the project to date and every aspect has been designed in accordance with the key components of the 1996 masterplan. These are:

• a world-class new square, the Peace Gardens - designed to display the town Hall as the most important building fronting the square. The Peace Gardens will be completed by the new hotel and offices, re-establishing the building line of the old Norfolk Street and providing animation with lively ground floors.
• an additional elongated public square linking Tudor Square to Charles Street and the Peace Gardens to Arundel Gate via the Millenium Galleries. Part of this space will be covered for inclement weather.
• the covered section of the new elongated square and conceived by the architects as a beautifully planted public space, flanked and enlivened by the cafés and restaurants fo the hotel and the Galleries. It was intended to be partly hidden and 'discovered' by catching glimpses of it from the Peace Gardens, thereby encouraging people to walk through. the Commerical Development
• aimed from the outset at attracting inward investors and retaining business in the city. It will include grade A offices and a 4/5 star hotel with a conference centre, filling a gap in sheffield's visitor and conference market.

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