Student scheme gets go-ahead
PLANS for a £52m student village in Sheffield has been given the green light.
The project by Manor Property Group is expected to create more than 400 jobs and is part of the company’s strategy to build 2,000 bedrooms in 2012 and 40,000 student bedrooms across the UK by 2019.
Work on the scheme is expected to start next May with the accommodation ready for the 2014 student intake.
The site for the Manor Mill is at the intersection of Napier Street and Summerfield Street.
Manor Mill will also be home to three public café bars and restaurants and a smaller ‘corner café’.
Manor’s director Robert Lane said: “We are delighted to begin our UK wide student development programme with Manor Mill in Sheffield. It will be the first in Manor’s innovative concept in integrated student accommodation and lifestyle services which will see 40,000 student bedrooms across the UK by 2019.”
Manor has planning permission for student developments in Birmingham and Hull and planning applications in place in Manchester, Leeds and Salford.
