St Paul's Place is part of the Heart of the City project in Sheffield

Sheffield

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, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

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, England

England

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. It encompasses the new office blocks

Office

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 surrounding the Peace Gardens

Peace Gardens

The Peace Gardens are an inner city square in Sheffield, England. It was created as part of the Heart of the City project by Sheffield City Council....

, the car park and is linked to the St. Pauls Tower

St. Pauls Tower

St Paul's Tower and St Paul's View, is a major development completed in April 2011 situated in the city centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England....

. According to the St Pauls Place official website, once complete the site will offer the following:

• 1 St Paul's Place occupied by law firm DLA Piper
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   and Royal Bank of Scotland
  Royal Bank of Scotland
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• 2 St Paul's Place - completed 2009 and occupied by Department for Schools, Children and Families.

• 3 St Paul's Place - Now completed and is available to let - 83891 sq ft (7,793.7 m²) of Grade A Office Accommodation

• 316 luxury apartments in a landmark tower to be created by Citylofts. Completion August 2010.

• 135, 0 sq ft (0 m²) restaurants / bars / retail with units still available.

• 4 star Mercure Hotel with health & fitness centre and conferencing facilities.

• 520 space multi-storey car park
  Multi-storey car park
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• New public squares.

Following the redevelopment, Millennium Square, at the heart of St Paul's Place, has become the starting point for Armed Forces' Day parades. Also, now the office buildings have been completed, the Home Office

Home Office

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 has re-located its staff from 5 regional offices to this complex. Whilst the upper floors of the development are reserved for office space and apartments, the ground floor(s) are set aside for retail use. Currently, Caffe Nero

Caffè Nero

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, Piccolino and Café Rouge

Café Rouge

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 occupy space within the development.

On 26 August 2010 the St Paul's Tower was completed and declared habitable.

History

Prior to redevelopment in the mid 2000s the site had been home to several different buildings. Most prominent amongst them was the Town Hall extension, erected in the 1970s and disparagingly known as the 'egg-box' because of its design. At the time of its construction, doubts were being cast on the durability of concrete buildings and as a result the Town Hall Extension was built with a projected lifespan of 500 years. Consequently, its demolition proved slow and complicated. Also sited there was the Sheffield registry office known as 'the wedding cake

Wedding cake

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', also for design reasons.

Phase Three

The final phase of the St Paul's development, adjacent to Howden House (owned by Sheffield City Council), has now begun. CTP St James, the site developer, is seeking funds from the European Regional Development Fund to finance the third phase. If approved, an extra 75000 sq ft (6,967.7 m²) of office space will be added to the development and will cost £20 million to construct.