£1bn Chinese investment in Sheffield

[lil-minx92 10]

What’s the latest on this scam?

[taxman 12]

What’s the latest on this scam?

 

Wasn't it just a scheme to give Julie Dore a holiday in China?

[hackey lad 3,980]

Wasn't it just a scheme to give Julie Dore a holiday in China?

 

Something like that . Not much flag waving from the council as this ( another ) scheme fell on its backside

[Brooker11 10]

Mothersole won't even tell elected members the detail of the deal. Draw your own conclusions about that

I imagine this 'investment' was pitched to other cities' leaders before ours - still feeling a bit sheepish about the Sevenstone fiasco- foolishly lapped it up, salivating over the glorious headlines and praise they could foresee. Could be wrong like..

Meanwhile, anymore news on the new retail quarter? And I don't mean the one office block with some shops underneath.

 

When this was being built the images on the hoardings seemed to be promising some Chinese themed entertainment complex for all, what we have is a pretty drab office block that seems to be taking an age to complete, what happened there and what actually is it?

[hackey lad 3,980]

When this was being built the images on the hoardings seemed to be promising some Chinese themed entertainment complex for all, what we have is a pretty drab office block that seems to be taking an age to complete, what happened there and what actually is it?

 

An office block with a few shops underneath

[Guest makapaka]

When this was being built the images on the hoardings seemed to be promising some Chinese themed entertainment complex for all, what we have is a pretty drab office block that seems to be taking an age to complete, what happened there and what actually is it?

 

It was never going to be a Chinese entertainment complex.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thestar.co.uk/our-towns-and-cities/sheffield/first-look-inside-sheffield-s-new-65m-chinatown-1-8493159/amp

[Brooker11 10]

It was never going to be a Chinese entertainment complex.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thestar.co.uk/our-towns-and-cities/sheffield/first-look-inside-sheffield-s-new-65m-chinatown-1-8493159/amp

 

What it is now is not what the "advertising" on the hoardings led you to believe, thats what the majority of people who saw it would have based their opinion on.

[Guest makapaka]

What it is now is not what the "advertising" on the hoardings led you to believe, thats what the majority of people who saw it would have based their opinion on.

 

What was on the hoardings that is different to what’s been built?

[Unisol 12]

What was on the hoardings that is different to what’s been built?

 

Yes, I wondered that too

[Wazzock 10]

What was on the hoardings that is different to what’s been built?

 

nothing....

[Brooker11 10]

It certainly didn't give the impression that it was going to be a dull looking apartment block offering very little except for the Chinese residents put it that way.

[Guest makapaka]

It certainly didn't give the impression that it was going to be a dull looking apartment block offering very little except for the Chinese residents put it that way.

 

What did it show then?

 

Why do you feel like you’ve been tricked?