Plans have been announced for the regeneration of Stocksbridge district centre in Sheffield with a £46 million mixed use property development. The project will be delivered on a former industrial site off Manchester Road and will transform the area into a vibrant destination.
The development being proposed by a partnership of Gallagher Developments and Dransfield Properties will bring a new supermarket to Stocksbridge as well as brand new offices, restaurants and retail outlets and a town centre car park for local businesses. The development will also see a landscaped garden area and riverside walkways, generating up to 900 new jobs.
The development team, together with Chesterfield architects WCEC, have worked in conjunction with the Sheffield Urban Design Review Panel to acknowledge the architecture and industrial heritage of the site.
The phased development also comprises a new Test House and warehouse for the neighbouring Tata Steel steelworks and a new housing development is also being delivered.
Youngsters from schools across Stocksbridge were asked by developers Dransfield Properties Ltd to explore the history books to put forward names for the scheme.
The development will be called Fox Valley and a logo displaying a fox has also been designed, reflecting the industrial heritage of the site which was once part of the great Samuel Fox steel works.
Stocksbridge High School pupil Katie Holmes came up with the name. Katie said she was shocked and thrilled that her suggestion was chosen for the development and gave the eye-catching green and orange logo her seal of approval.
Mayor and Chairman for Stocksbridge, Cllr Abrahams said: “I’m very impressed with the talent shown by our young people in Stocksbridge in coming up with some great ideas. I’d like to congratulate Katie on suggesting Fox Valley.
Head of Communications at Dransfield Properties, Amanda Holmes, added: “We had some great suggestions but we really are delighted with the name Fox Valley suggested by Katie.
“Although this site is undergoing a major transformation we wanted to reflect its history and one of the ways we can do that is in the name, we’ve also looked carefully at the architecture and the public realm.”
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