Inside Sheffield's new Radisson Blu hotel as £470m city centre regeneration scheme progresses from done move Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 1:59
👁 View: 6.9M times
✓ Published: 02-Jul-2024

Description:
A new Radisson Blu hotel has officially opened its doors as one of the final parts of Sheffield’s pioneering £470m Heart of the City regeneration project.  <br/><br/>The new hotel welcomed its first guests on Monday but was formally opened on Tuesday morning by Lord Mayor Jayne Dunn in front of invited media.<br/><br/>It is a key plank in the city council-led Heart of the City scheme, which has been gradually transforming the town centre with new office space, homes, restaurants, shops, Europe's largest purpose-built food hall and a public park.<br/><br/>The council has been working with strategic development partner Queensberry to deliver the regeneration scheme after a previous retail-led proposal called Sevenstone and involving developer Hammerson was scrapped in 2013 in the wake of the global financial crisis after years of problems.<br/><br/>Sean McClean, director of regeneration and development for Sheffield City Council, told The Yorkshire Post: “Heart of the City is a £470m scheme the council has brought forward and the Radisson hotel is a significant part of that.<br/><br/>\