Inside Sheffield's old Cole Brothers store as update is issued

The Star, Sheffield

The director of regeneration at developer Urban Splash visited the landmark building at Barker's Pool with council leader Tom Hunt to give an update on plans for its transformation

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00:00 We're here today in the former Cole Brothers building, a place that many people will recognise

00:04 from when the department store was open and I'm able to announce today that the exciting

00:09 transformation of this much-loved building has moved a step closer with the council signing

00:15 the agreement for the lease with Urban Splash. Urban Splash have got some really exciting plans

00:21 for this building and it's going to sit alongside other exciting projects in the city centre,

00:26 the Heart of the City scheme, Castlegate, West Bar and Fargate. We've got all sorts of exciting

00:32 plans that we want to share with the people of Sheffield in the near future about ideas for

00:39 bringing the whole building back to life but starting on the ground floor at street level,

00:43 the Barkerspool frontage and Cambridge Street, bringing sort of food and drink and shops back

00:49 into this amazing big space and then we'll continue with further plans up the building

00:58 with ideas for possibly workspace or possibly public uses. That's all to be decided and we

01:06 want to hear from the public about their vision and their hopes for this building because we know

01:11 that it means so much to Sheffielders and I go around the country and people know about Cole

01:17 Brothers so it's a very special place, we know that. We're lucky to be working with you to bring

01:23 it back to life. We're creating a city centre that will be a great place for people to come,

01:29 live, work, enjoy and have a fantastic time here in the heart of our city.

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