Old Primark building to become an EasyHotel

[999tigger]

Did he write soe thing else? Cant see anything controversial? I do o down haymarkey way on a regular basis and although there are hotels tbh its just pretty quiet these days.

[Dozer]

What are the easyHotels like? Sort of like Premier Inns?

[SkylinePhoto]

Really???

 

Have you actually been down "that side of town" as you call it. You are talking nonsense.

 

The whole area is changing with a mix of new student accommodation, offices and other businesses. Its already surrounded by several established hotels and is minutes away from the uni, rail stations and office buildings. Its likely to do very well

 

Some people always have to have a pop no matter what is proposed or what is built. No wonder this city is so behind.

 

Sometimes I really wish they would bring the hole in the road and all those hideous underground Walkways back circa 1989 just to remind some of those with the rose tinted specs exactly what a crap hole this city really was before the developers started their work

 

Oh take a day off will you. i was just joking around. Easy Hotel etc

 

And i live in that side of town at Park Hill

[Margarita Ma]

This was mentioned in the Primark closing down thread a while back!

 

Ooooo was it I missed that one.

 

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Hole in the road was ok as was the market.

 

>snipped>

 

Most things are OK if they are kept clean and people are socialised to keep them so by not urinating and dropping litter in them.

 

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I want C&A back

 

Hehe, I can remember that too. Do you remember that they would not do exchanges or refunds on Saturdays. How mad was that when most of the population worked in factories and only had Saturdays to do anything.

[jamesogt]

For all those complaining about too many hotel bedrooms just remember that at this moment of time 100+ bedroom hotel is being demolished on Charter square.

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You mean the one that had been closed for 8 years almost? I doubt it has any relevance to the current hotel business of Sheffield!

 

Having worked in some Sheffield hotels you would be amazed at the 'occupancy rate' Sheffield manages to maintain. Between the Arena, Ponds Forge, Meadowhall etc there is huge demand for rooms.

[Sheff2006]

Really???

 

Have you actually been down "that side of town" as you call it. You are talking nonsense.

 

The whole area is changing with a mix of new student accommodation, offices and other businesses. Its already surrounded by several established hotels and is minutes away from the uni, rail stations and office buildings. Its likely to do very well

 

Some people always have to have a pop no matter what is proposed or what is built. No wonder this city is so behind.

 

Sometimes I really wish they would bring the hole in the road and all those hideous underground Walkways back circa 1989 just to remind some of those with the rose tinted specs exactly what a crap hole this city really was before the developers started their work

 

The whole area is indeed changing, there is also the added bonus of the plague of graffiti which is an awful welcome for visitors to Sheffield.

 

At least in the hole-in-the-road days the streets were safer and the graffiti was far less common.

[abbeyedges]

For all those complaining about too many hotel bedrooms just remember that at this moment of time 100+ bedroom hotel is being demolished on Charter square.

 

From the town layout point of view it really does appear as though the council want to keep all retail activity from the bottom of Fargate up to the new Moor market with an obvious spur toward Devonshire Green and the new retail quarter.

 

This is quite a change for those of us of a certain age who recall the long linear shopping street from the Moor to the Castle Market.

 

With an Easy hotel and the new Sheffield Hallam University complex in the old GPO I hope that the 'square' of Fitzalan has money allocated to it. So many 'squares' have been tidied and yet that one remains the poor relation.

 

Pleased to see that on another thread the council are looking at upgrading Fitzalan Square. Maybe councillors and town hall officials read Sheffield Forum!

[S1 1DJ]

The whole area is indeed changing, there is also the added bonus of the plague of graffiti which is an awful welcome for visitors to Sheffield.

 

At least in the hole-in-the-road days the streets were safer and the graffiti was far less common.

 

Not really, the hole in the road was a dump by the mid eighties ridden with graffiti, fly posting, litter and the smell of urine. Street gangs used to be more prominent around town then as well.

[TORONTONY]

I want C&A back

 

Now I'm convinced, you are female.

[LegzEleven]

A lot of work seems to be going on at the old Primark building (previously the C&A building) does anyone know if this is in preparation for a new occupant??