Multinational companies, local independents cafes and creatives are among the businesses due to be opening soon in Sheffield City Council’s Heart of the City development.
In total, five new occupiers are due to move in over the coming months as the project continues to attract more and more businesses to the city centre.
They include Danish inspired HYGGE café, an independent local business who are expanding into the ground floor of Elshaw House whilst keeping their existing sites open at Fitzalan Square and Eyre Street.
Alex, HYGGE operator said: “HYGGE is a Sheffield based family operated business that began life in Fitzalan Square five years ago. The city has made us feel very welcome, and we’ve been blessed with a loyal customer base. Sheffield Council have shown great confidence and support to us by allowing our business to expand into the Heart of the City project - and we are very confident that our new flagship store facing Pounds Park is going to hit the ground running.”
Global professional services company Turner & Townsend has also agreed to move into Elshaw House, becoming the second major business to take up space in Sheffield’s first zero-carbon office block. The multi-disciplinary project management and programme delivery firm has been working with Sheffield City Council and Queensberry on delivering the Heart of the City project.
Chris Sargent, Managing Director, Real Estate UK at Turner & Townsend said:
“We are thrilled to be moving to Elshaw House, a pioneering development that aligns perfectly with our commitment to sustainability and wellbeing. This move not only provides us with a larger, state-of-the-art workspace but also places us at the heart of Sheffield’s vibrant and transformed city centre.
“We are especially proud to relocate to a building that we played a significant role in delivering as Project and Cost Managers as part of the Heart of the City II development.”
Counsellor Ben Miskell, Chair of the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee at Sheffield City Council, said:“I’m delighted to welcome the latest round of companies to our incredible Heart of the City development, adding them to a host of already established businesses. The whole project is really starting to come to life.”
In addition to Turner & Townsend and HYGGE, three other companies will be moving into the area in the coming months.
AllStore is a Sheffield-based company that will transform the unit into a multi-use space including three film editing studios, a small flexible workspace used for production companies and freelancers to use, with the front of the unit transformed into a café and independent retail outlet.
Two Thirds are a craft beer and German street food bar are expanding and opening a new European inspired beer hall on the ground floor of Elshaw House to add to their successful Abbeydale Road bar.
Barclays Bank will be moving into a new unit on Pinstone Street, opposite the Peace Gardens and next door to the Radisson Blu Hotel.
Cllr Miskell added:
“Sheffield is changing, it’s transforming into a fantastic place for people to work, live and enjoy with our flagship project right at the heart of that. But we’re not stopping there, interest remains high in the scheme, and we will have more exciting announcements to come in the next few weeks and months.”
