Sheffield will soon lay claim to Yorkshire's tallest building after a new £100 million skyscraper was given approval.
Bridgewater Place in Leeds city centre is currently the tallest building in the county, stretching 112 metres above the ground. That will soon be surpassed by Altus House, also in Leeds, when the 114-metre tall student tower block opens on Lovell Park Road in September 2021.
However, even that will be dwarfed by the new Sheffield behemoth, which was given the go-ahead by key decision-makers in South Yorkshire on Tuesday, January 28.
The giant 38-storey development will be built alongside two smaller structures of 12 and 17 storeys respectively between Rockingham Street, Wellington Street and Trafalgar Street in Sheffield.
The £100 million scheme will feature more than 1,200 apartments in total. Student room developer CODE will advertise the rooms for students, post-graduates and young professionals living in the city.
The huge building will even include a gym, cinema, common room and shops on the ground floor and work could begin as early as this summer.
Jamie Lewis of CODE said: "We're delighted to have been given the green light to deliver this hugely ambitious project. We're excited about Sheffield and its regeneration.
"The council is doing a great job in transforming the area around our development site with Heart of the City II and this was a key factor in giving us the confidence to invest at this scale.
"Our development will replace a car repair yard and vacant office building with a keynote development that brings hundreds of people into the area to support local shops, cafes and restaurants. We therefore see our scheme as another addition to the Heart of the City II transformation."
