How Fargate shipping containers can breathe new life into Sheffield city centre like Krynkl has at Kelham Island
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For weeks, workmen have been busy installing a Jenga-style collection of shipping containers that will in time house a mini-hospitality complex comprising of bars, cafes, restaurants and a big TV screen.
There are hopes the £446, 000 council-led project will help to breathe new life into Fargate, which certainly needs a boost.
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Hide AdIn recent years, many businesses have moved their premises down to the burgeoning Moor area leaving behind a lot of shuttered units.
The new shipping container complex should be welcomed. Fargate, with it's cobbled pedestrianised precinct, has huge potential.
I could quite easily see a future where the once thriving shopping hub is transformed into a cosmopolitan 'go to' place for bars, restaurants and cafes.
The shipping containers themselves are an intriguing design that should pull in plenty of customers.
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Hide AdA similar development, Krynkl at Kelham Island, has been a roaring success and proves that the concept can work.
Krynkl already houses a number of quirky and interesting bars and restaurants including JÖRO - which was recently voted as one of the best places to eat in the whole of Europe.
More recently, Kelu - described as a Sardinian Sky Lounge - opened on the rooftop of the development.
And just last week 'El Burrito Box', a new Mexican unit selling burritos, nachos and popular BBQ pulled pork, launched from one of the containers.
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Hide AdThere is no official opening date yet for the Fargate development - however it is due to launch within the next several weeks.
If the Fargate development can follow Krynkl's lead, then exciting times lay ahead.