Sheaf Valley Quarter is an area in the centre of

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. It is one of Sheffield's 11 designated City Centre Quarters, situated around the rail station and

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. Its borders are Commercial Street and a bowstring bridge to the north, the

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to the east, Granville Road to the south (excluding Granville Square, Suffolk Road, Sheaf Square and Howard Street to the south west and Arundel Gate to the west. It is named after the

, which flows from the south of the city, underneath the current station and into the River Don and Castlegate. It is one of only 2 quarters (the other being

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) with some land outside the

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Current developments

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has just completed a £50 million re-fit of the station, which included a new

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, new pedestrian footbridge, additional

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outlets, a larger

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, new

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s and the removal of a roundabout to create a large

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with a

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- the cutting edge and

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. Improvement have been made to the pedestrian environment on

Howard Street Howard Street may refer to: *Howard Street (Baltimore), a major street in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland **Howard Street Tunnel fire, a disaster that struck the freight railroad tunnel under Baltimore's Howard Street in 2001 *Howard Street (Sheffield ...

, with another new water feature and the creation of a tree-lined

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. A £110 million

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development aims to provide of office space for companies in the creative and digital industries. The Sheaf Valley Development framework provides a £1.5bn, 20 year plan to develop the area around the Rail Station.Irwin Mitchell
Irwin Mitchell Advises Godwin Developments on Sheffield City Centre Development Purchase
accessed 4 November 2020

References

{{SheffieldCityCentre Sheffield City Centre (quarters)