St Paul's Place
53°22′44″N 1°28′12″W / 53.379°N 1.470°W
St Paul's Place is part of the
- 1 St Paul's Place occupied by law firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland.
- 2 St Paul's Place - completed 2009 and occupied by Department for Education and Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
- 3 St Paul's Place - completed 2016 and occupied by Times Educational Supplement and Ansys.
- 316 luxury apartments in a landmark tower to be created by the failed Citylofts. Completion August 2010[citation needed].
- 135,000 sq. foot of restaurant, bars and retail space.
- 4 star Mercure Hotel with health & fitness centre and conferencing facilities.
- 520 space multi-storey car park.
- New public squares.
Following the redevelopment, Millennium Square, at the heart of St Paul's Place, has become the starting point for Armed Forces' Day parades. Also, now the office buildings have been completed, the
On 26 August 2010 the St Paul's Tower was completed and declared habitable.[3]
History
Prior to redevelopment in the mid-2000s the site had been home to several different buildings. Most prominent amongst them was the Town Hall extension, erected in the 1970s and disparagingly known as the 'egg-box' because of its design.[4] At the time of its construction, doubts were being cast on the durability of concrete buildings and as a result the Town Hall Extension was built with a projected lifespan of 500 years.[5] Consequently, its demolition proved slow and complicated.[6] Also sited there was the Sheffield registry office known as 'the wedding cake', also for design reasons.[7]
References
- ^ St Pauls Place
- ^ http://www.regen.net/inDepth/ByDiscipline/Business/985038/Done-deal-St-Pauls-Place/ [dead link]
- ^ http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/City39s-tall-tale-comes-to.6495531.jp[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Buildings". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Lucas Digital Media - 3d Graphics, Conceptual Design by Mark Lucas". Archived from the original on 16 August 2004.
- ^ "Lucas Digital Media - 3d Graphics, Conceptual Design by Mark Lucas". Archived from the original on 16 August 2004.
- ^ "BBC - South Yorkshire - I Love SY - Farewell to the 'Wedding Cake'". Archived from the original on 12 March 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2010.