CODE Sheffield: Developer knocks six floors off £100m giant tower block plan in Sheffield to save money
www.thestar.co.uk - 2024-04-18T06:00:00.000Z

Developers have cut the height of a massive block of flats planned for Sheffield city centre due to rising costs - but the number of ‘rental units’ is virtually unchanged. CODE Sheffield, on a plot bounded by Wellington, Rockingham and Trafalgar streets, will be 32 floors, if approved. It was originally proposed at 38 floors - when it would have been Yorkshire’s tallest building. The total number of flats has fallen from 1,235 to 1,015. But the number of ‘rental units’ is down by just 10, to...

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