£61m flats set to bring 794 beds to Sheffield city centre
Diggers have moved on to the old Grunwerg site on Rockingham Street, which is set to be transformed into five blocks up to 17 storeys high with 794 beds.
Some 691 will be for students, with an additional 103 beds in up-market ‘build-to-rent’ flats aimed at young professionals. There will also be a commercial unit.
Welsh building company Watkin Jones is behind the project and has already agreed to sell it to AIG Global Real Estate. It is set to complete in stages between August 2021 and the end of March 2022 …