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Coordinates: 53°22′37″N 1°28′44″W / 53.377°N 1.479°W
Sheffield Retail Quarter is a retail 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 July 2013 with Sheffield City Council seeking new developers.
The first phase, consisting of restaurants, shops and offices is currently under construction and will open in 2019. The second phase will begin construction after and the full development is scheduled to be completed by 2022/2023.
Located to the west of Pinstone Street, between Barkers Pool and Moorhead, the New Retail Quarter plans to cover a 20-acre (8.1 ha) site in the heart of Sheffield and would involve a major re-design of this part of the city.
The original £600 million project, master-planned by architects BDP, planned to create a shopping and leisure environment in the heart of the city with a mixture of uses. 860,000 sq ft (80,000 m2) of retail space was to be created, including a 269,000 sq ft (25,000 m2) John Lewis department store, designed by multi-award-winning architects O'Donnell + Tuomey, a new 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) Next store, and around 100 new shops. In addition, up to 200 residential flats, a health club and leisure facilities, and a ten-storey car park with 1,696 spaces were to be provided.
The project was to relocate John Lewis and use the old store as a two-tiered shopping mall with covered streets. The proposal also included the pedestrianisation of Charter Row and the demolition of several buildings such as the Grosvenor House Hotel. Burgess Street would be realigned by redirecting it down towards the bottom of Barkers Pool as opposed to its current position parallel with Cambridge Street.
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