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What would you like to see done with the former Debenhams building in Sheffield?
The Star, Sheffield
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05/06/2024
We asked people what would you like to see done with the former Debenhams building in Sheffield
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Tell me what you'd like to see done with Debenhams here, please.
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Personally, I think things like the Pounds Park development are lovely and if we don't need any
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more new buildings in the city centre, flatten it and make it a public park space. That would be a
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great resource. Can you tell me please what you'd like to see done with the old Debenhams building
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here? Probably turn back into another sort of upper class department store. Not upper class,
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you know, like John Lewis was. So a higher market? Yeah, yeah, because I think that's
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lacking in town and there isn't a decent department store. What do you think on this?
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Yeah, I think I'm not convinced because there's ideas like having it as a load of food halls and
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things like that. I can't, I'm not sure there's enough market for that because they're spreading
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around the centre town. I think probably what we're really missing is something like a department
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store like Poles was, like John Lewis. So if I was going to wave a magic wand, I'd have it turned
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back into a department store. Could you tell me please what you'd like to see done with the
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Debenhams building here? I think it needs something that is going to bridge all people to the high
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street. We've got a lot of clothing places down here but not really like, maybe something that
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caters more to the men. There's a lot of female clothing stores but not a lot of men's stores.
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Maybe a big sports department, something like that. So something retail? Yeah, I would say so
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there's a lot of eating places but not a lot of places where people can go and buy
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clothing or such, so not that much variety. If you go to places like Leeds they've got more like
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higher end kind of like clothing. Sheffield doesn't really have that in the city centre.
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That's what we'd like to see here? Yeah, something like that, like flannels, something like that,
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something of high end. Can you tell me please what you think should be done with the old
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Debenhams building here? I'd like another department store. Would you do, have you used
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to go in Debenhams? Yeah, something like Debenhams, it's a shame, Harvey Nicks, something like they've
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got in Leeds. So that people like to actually go and have a look in, because it used to be a
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really good Debenhams to be honest. Yeah, I think a department store. Until it shut down. Yeah.
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What would you like to see doing with the former Debenhams building here in Sheffield City Centre?
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Well, it's such a shame that it's, you know, it's been empty for so long, so I think that it would
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benefit from some really good quality bars and restaurants, bring more people into this area of
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the city centre. You know, it's not bad for buses etc to get here, so public transport is very,
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very good. But it wants to be occupied, you know, and updated I think, because it looks quite old
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and tired. So yeah, something like that. Could you tell me what you think should be done with
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Debenhams, the old department store please? It should be redeveloped in some way, shape or form
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for retail. A large department store nowadays has got so many problems competing with the
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likes of Amazon. Difficult to know if it would be open as one store, but as a series of stores,
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always possible. I always think that Sheffield City Centre struggles
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competing with Medevil, but that type of idea in there is a possibility.
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