A BELFAST-based architecture firm has won a £45 million contract for the development of Sheffield city centre in England.
HLM, which has one of its nine offices in Belfast, has won the tender for the Sheffield Heart of the City II Block A project, staving off competition from 37 other architecture practices.
The scheme will provide ground floor retail space, office accommodation, a lifestyle hotel and residential accommodation.
It forms part of the wider Heart of the City II masterplan, one of Sheffield’s key economic projects
Designed to create a dynamic mixed-use district in the heart of the city centre, it will offer Grade A office space, two hotels, residential developments, restaurants and cafés, leisure destinations, parking and stunning public realm.
Philip Watson, director and head of design at HLM, said:
“As a major UK practice which had its first base in Sheffield, being part of its regeneration is a great honour. It’s a unique project with a significance that is affirmed by the 35+ practices who wanted to be considered as part of the competition. Our successful design reflects our own understanding of this great UK city as well a quality of architecture that marries the respect of the old and the potential of the new.”
HLM has studios in Belfast, London, Sheffield, Glasgow, Cardiff and Manchester, as well as Dubai and Abu Dhabi.