Developer to bring fresh lease of life to city’s ‘Little Chicago’
Work has begun on a second Sheffield city centre development by house builder Sky-House Co.
Archaelogical surveys and investigations have been completed and the site at Trinity Street/Copper Street in Shalesmoor, close to Kelham Island, is being cleared ready for building work to start.
The project – being created in conjunction with rental property developer Placefirst – will see construction 14 two and three-bed family homes featuring Sky-House Co’s back-to-back design.
With work expected to be finished in approximately 18 months, there will also be 35 one and two-bed apartments across two blocks and a commercial space, all centred around communal gardens.
Sky-House co-founder and director, David Cross, said: “We are so excited to get this latest development under way and bring new life to an area which historically was dubbed Little Chicago during the Sheffield Gang Wars of the 1920s.
“It has been many decades since this area saw any residential use and now is the perfect time to reclaim the area and bring in a new generation of people who want to enjoy city living.
“The project project will knit the development into the narrow and steep streets of Shalesmoor, forming a new characterful and contextual neighbourhood close to historic Kelham Island.
“This is an area where back-to-back housing was once the norm but our take on that once unfashionable design principal shows how it can be used to great effect, both environmentally and aesthetically.”
The Trinity Street/Copper Street project begins as work continues on the company’s other city centre development, the Sky-House Devonshire Quarter site, which will feature 66 properties, including 32 one-bed and 24 two-bed homes, along with commercial space.
