'Sheffield Gardens' — £55million Development On Meadow Street

[SheffieldForum]

 

Manchester-based award-winning developer Beech Holdings has secured planning permission for its Sheffield Gardens Build to Rent scheme on Meadow Street.

 

The development has a gross development value of £55m and will deliver 158 homes in a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments. Sheffield Gardens is the second development that is outside of the developer’s home city, demonstrating the company’s commitment to becoming a national developer.

 

Residents will benefit from several amenities include a large, private gym, external landscaped courtyard, and roof-top gardens. Beech Holdings has achieved 100% bio-diversity net gain through the inclusion of external amenity and bird/bat boxes to promote and encourage nature.

 

Stephen Beech, CEO of Beech Holdings said: “This is a significant development for Beech Holdings, our very first in Yorkshire and second outside of our home city of Manchester.

 

“It demonstrates our commitment to deliver exceptional apartments across the UK’s regional cities as we grow to be a national developer.

 

“Our company has a 20-year history of delivering exceptional apartment developments and I’m thrilled to be able to offer local people in Sheffield that same standard.

 

“We always look to regenerate where we can; this unused and unloved commercial site is in exactly the location we want to breathe new life into. We’ll be creating over 100 immediate jobs for the construction phase, and we’ll have a permanent staff of at least 10 to deliver residents a premium level of service and maintenance.”

 

The Sheffield Gardens scheme has been supported by architect Leach Rhodes Walker, consultants The Cummings Group, sustainability experts Hydrock and planning consultants Urbana. Works will begin in Q4 2024 with the demolition of the current dilapidated and unused commercial buildings on site.

 

The scheme will remain in the long-term control of the Beech Holdings’ Group, with full property management and a commitment to the community with at least 10 permanent jobs created, alongside the 100+ jobs created in the construction phase.

 

Neil Baumber, Development Director at Beech holdings said: “We are actively looking at other sites in Sheffield, we feel we can offer the standard of accommodation that local people desire. We’ll be getting to work quickly in the final quarter of this year.”

 

Beech Holdings has a 20-year history of delivering exceptional quality, sustainable homes for Greater Manchester, with a particular strength in designing apartments that suit young professionals’ and graduates’ lifestyles that are passive to emissions.

The company has its first scheme in Newcastle due for completion this summer and has great ambitions to be a major player in the UK residential development sector. This brings the total number of apartments delivered or in planning to over 1,000 across Sheffield, Newcastle and Manchester.

 

[foxydebs]

Is that where record tools used to be

[hackey lad]

Look at the size of that “rooftop garden “ . 

[Pyrotequila]

53 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

Look at the size of that “rooftop garden “ . 

Couldn't see it, then I cracked out the magnifying glass... can hardly be called a "garden" 

[SheffieldForum]

1 hour ago, foxydebs said:

Is that where record tools used to be

I think it’s the old William Rowland site?

 

At the end of Scotland Street, where it joins Meadow Street (bounded by Edward Street, Upper Allen Street and Broccoli Street).

[Mr. Johnson]

I'm all for increasing the number of people living in the city centre. It's needed to provide vibrancy and jobs but the architecture of most modern buildings (not just Sheffield) is bereft of any beauty.
All UK cities are getting identikit slabs of grey and brown puncturing their skylines.

The big glass building at West Bar is an exception to the rule. There's just no joy, no unique qualities or indeed soul in most of the buildings being constructed lately. I know it's all about cost but I'd like to see all councils require that developers propose and then stick to more aesthetically pleasing and unique designs.

[SheffieldForum]

21 minutes ago, Mr. Johnson said:

I'm all for increasing the number of people living in the city centre. It's needed to provide vibrancy and jobs but the architecture of most modern buildings (not just Sheffield) is bereft of any beauty.
All UK cities are getting identikit slabs of grey and brown puncturing their skylines.

The big glass building at West Bar is an exception to the rule. There's just no joy, no unique qualities or indeed soul in most of the buildings being constructed lately. I know it's all about cost but I'd like to see all councils require that developers propose and then stick to more aesthetically pleasing and unique designs.

But, what is 'aesthetically pleasing'? It's totally subjective. What is horrible to you is lovely to somebody else.

 

Personally, I don't see too much of a problem with this building/ It is functional and far more 'aesthetically pleasing' than the old industrial unit that is there currently! And it works with the other newer buildings going up around that area.

 

Plus, the more restrictions you put on development, the less development you will actually get and developers will just look elsewhere. As long as liveable spaces are decently liveable and functional spaces work to their function then it's all good, surely?

[RollingJ]

If you want to live in a soul-less concrete jungle, fair enough, but some of us wonder what these architects are doing.  Do none of them have any greater skill? What are they paid vast sums for - it's not as though any of them can seemingly design much more than concrete rabbit-hutches, from what I see.

[Anna B]

Any indication of the price of the individual flats yet?

[RollingJ]

Just now, Anna B said:

Any indication of the price of the individual flats yet?

As they haven't even drawn up the plans, I doubt it.