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Developer announced for £22.5m ski village

Source: http://www.thebusinessdesk.com

A ski village which burned down in Sheffield five years ago is to be redeveloped as part of a £22.5m extreme sports centre.Sheffield Council has appointed the EXTREME?Destinations-led consortium to deliver a 48-acre sports, leisure and entertainment site at Parkwood country park, following a competitive bidding process.Sheffield Ski Village was destroyed by fire in 2012.An initial 100 full time jobs are expected to result from the development, which should see the re-instatement of Sheffield’s ski slopes and mountain bike tracks in phase one of the project.