2023 was the year Sheffield started to deliver on its promises, with developments taking shape across the city centre.
From Fargate to Orchard Square to Cambridge Street and beyond, long heralded projects made the leap from the drawing board into the real world.
There was good news too at West Bar, Eyewitness Works and at several huge blocks of flats representing tens of millions of pounds worth of investment.
And a flurry of announcements paved the way for more good things to come including developers for the Cole Brothers store, Cannon Brewery in Neepsend and former Ski Village in Neepsend.
Even controversial projects have benefits, depending on your viewpoint, such as the introduction of the Clean Air Zone in late February, amid protests from business. It raised £3m for council coffers in its first eight months and comes with the promise of a less polluted city centre.
The same is true for the new bus gate on Arundel Gate which has raised an estimated £2m since its introduction in March.
5. Eyewitness Works
The first 24 flats in a £25m restoration of a Sheffield cutlery works hit the market i September. Developer Capital&Centric unveiled apartments in its premises on Milton Street with exposed brick and timbers and new fittings. The development will eventually have 97 flats. The Grade II listed building dates back to 1852. | Other
6. Cole Brothers
Urban Splash - famous for revamping Park Hill flats - won the contract to take over and refurbish the former John Lewis building in Barker's Pool in June. The firm says it will re-establish the building as a place to meet, eat and shop, with the ground floor filled with retail, food and drink and upper floors turned into offices. | other
7. Cannon Brewery
£143m plans for 550 flats, offices and shops have been unveiled for this site in Neepsend, which which has been disused for 25 years. Developers Capital&Centric are behind the ambitious scheme in one of Sheffield's trendiest districts. | Other
8. Ski Village
The former Ski Village at Neepsend needs a really good clean up and the approach - through a single lane tunnel on Douglas Road - needs fixing. Some £19m from the Levelling Up Fund, announced in November, will help make the site ready for future use. | Google