Take a look at these then and now pictures which prove the area is certainly going places...
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So much work has been taking place in Chesterfield in recent years - and it's continuing! Photo: JPIMedia

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Here's what the Chesterfield Waterside site looked like in 2015... Photo: Google

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And now! One Waterside Place, a seven-storey office block, is expected to be complete by September. Avant Homes is also continuing to build 173 two, three and four-bedroom houses in the Waterside Quarter area of the £340million development off Brimington Road. Photo: Brian Eyre

. NORTHERN GATEWAY
Remember the old multi-storey car park at Saltergate? Here's how it looked in 2016... Photo: Google

. NORTHERN GATEWAY
The new, more colourful Saltergate multi-storey car park officially opened to the public in 2019. Photo: JPIMedia

1. CHESTERFIELD WATERSIDE
Here's what the Chesterfield Waterside site looked like in 2015... Photo: Google

2. CHESTERFIELD WATERSIDE
And now! One Waterside Place, a seven-storey office block, is expected to be complete by September. Avant Homes is also continuing to build 173 two, three and four-bedroom houses in the Waterside Quarter area of the £340million development off Brimington Road. Photo: Brian Eyre

3. NORTHERN GATEWAY
Remember the old multi-storey car park at Saltergate? Here's how it looked in 2016... Photo: Google

4. NORTHERN GATEWAY
The new, more colourful Saltergate multi-storey car park officially opened to the public in 2019. Photo: JPIMedia