Kilner Way/Halifax Road/Wadsley Bridge Megathread

[bazjea 10]

I've read that the remaining building that is incomplete is going to be redesigned bowling place....its starting to look like a right eyesore beside the lovely new shops opposite.

 

Why would anyone want to open a Bowling Alley, when the one

that was previously on that site failed

[DeBilde23 10]

Why would anyone want to open a Bowling Alley, when the one

that was previously on that site failed

 

The alley was open for more than 10 years so it shows the demand was there, poor mismanagement was maybe to blame for the failure.

[Dragonfall 10]

"Sheffield City Centre Residents’ Action Group has penned a letter to Ikea bosses, to Sheffield Council and to developers putting forward the Sevenstone project area as a potential site for the store. The group argues that Ikea should opt for the city centre location rather than on land outside the heart of Sheffield to boost the area’s economy ..."

 

"Les Sturch, Sheffield Council’s director of development services, said: “We need to ensure that any retail investment, would not undermine the delivery of the New Retail Quarter, or the future vitality and viability of the city centre ..."

 

http://www.thestar.co.uk/community/call-for-sheffield-city-centre-ikea-1-4554932

[mumkin 10]

"Les Sturch, Sheffield Council’s director of development services, said: “We need to ensure that any retail investment, would not undermine the delivery of the New Retail Quarter, or the future vitality and viability of the city centre ..."

 

 

Shame the Medowhell project wasn't afforded the same consideration.