Excitement at Italian-style cafe set to open in former bank in Sheffield city centre
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The building on the corner of The Moor and Fitzwilliam Gate is set to be turned into a traditional Italian-style cafe called La Spezia and open in summer, according to businessman Aso Kanabe. The upper floors could become up to 10 flats, he added.
Mr Kanabe said the bank closed in 2007 and he bought it auction a year ago.
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Hide AdHe added: “I feel confident and positive. Coffee shops are a good business. It also depends on the council, if they do something with the Moorfoot building.”
Sheffield City Council plans to convert its giant Moorfoot office into flats as part of a drive for 20,000 more residents in the city centre.
Mr Kanabe, who is Kurdish, said he started out as a waiter at Papa Ciccio’s Italian restaurant in Crosspool before buying into it when the owner left.