Former Sheffield cinema earmarked for levelling up heads to market
A former cinema in Sheffield which has been earmarked for a mixed-use cultural hub has headed to market.
The Adelphi Cinema was acquired earlier this year by the council as part of the wider Attercliffe Levelling Up project, with the intention of transforming the Grade II listed building into a vibrant centre for the local community.
Sheffield City Council has appointed locally-based agent Crosthwaite Commercial to find suitable tenants within the leisure, arts, and music industry.
Part of the Altercliffe levelling up funding – which totals £17m – is being used to carry out repair works on the building, which has been used for storage since 2013.
The building opened in 1920 and operated as a cinema until 1967. It had lain vacant between 2006 and 2013.
Councillor Ben Miskell, chair of the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee, said: “The building forms one part of our ambitious plans for the area which will all come together to breathe new life into the community.
“For many years Attercliffe High Street has been in decline and it is fantastic to see projects such as this coming forward to breathe new life into the high street for the benefit of local residents. It will provide a much-needed, and I’m sure much-welcomed, local facility and also serves to reuse a popular historic building in the city.”
Other proposals put forward with the levelling up funding include an ambition to create the world’s most advanced and integrated healthcare system for children at Centre for Child Health Technology at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.
The funding will also be used to contribute to improving connectivity in the area, with the creation of improved connections between Attercliffe High Street and the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, a new cycle hub at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, and improvements at street level.