£8.8m student accomdation development opens in Sheffield

A new £8.8m student accommodation development has officially opened in Sheffield.

The scheme for Empiric Student Properties Ltd has seen the delivery of 107 rooms at Provincial House on Solly Street in the city’s St Vincent’s Quarter.

The Grade-II listed property, which was turned into offices in the 1980s, was redeveloped with 24 boutique and one bedroom apartments created over four floors.

Three new blocks were also built on adjoining land with a further 83 rooms created.

Designed by Sheffield architecture practice, Race Cottam Associates, the 23,600 sq ft development also includes a gym, cinema, laundry and common room areas.

Built by Clegg Construction, the development is in the Well Meadow Conservation Area and close to the University of Sheffield’s North Campus.

Clegg started work in June 2016 and handed over in time for new students from the city’s two universities to move in for the start of the new 2017 academic year.

The completion of Provincial House means Clegg has delivered more than 1,200 student rooms across Sheffield in the past eight years, at a value of £44m.

Simon Blackburn, managing director for Clegg Construction, said: “This really was a fantastic project to work on. It was a challenging scheme. We had the need to preserve the heritage of Provincial House with it being Grade-II listed.

“Also we had the logistical challenge of working in a tight, built up city-centre location, which fortunately we are well used to as a company.

“The end product is really impressive and delivers a wide range of accommodation. Student property has been and remains a key market for Clegg Construction.

“Yorkshire is also a very important region for us and the pipeline of contracts for our Yorkshire office remains strong and our work is expanding.”

Clegg’s Yorkshire office has already completed a £6.2m scheme in the region, with a new HQ for O.E. Electrics Limited in Wakefield earlier this year, while work is ongoing in Leeds on a new Premier Inn in Headingley, also valued at £6.2m.

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