News: Great new apartments for Rotherham town centre under way
Work has started on new apartments for affordable rent, to be aimed at people who work in Rotherham town centre. A total of 22 one and two-bedroom flats – with solar panels and glass balconies - are being created at the corner of Moorgate Road and Hollowgate, by Great Places Housing Group. The £2m development is the first in Rotherham for Great Places, a multi-award-winning group that works all over the north of England. It has been funded by the Homes and Communities Agency, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and Transform South Yorkshire. Matthew Harrison, director of development and deputy chief executive at Great Places Housing Group, said: "We’re really excited about developing in Rotherham. "These much-needed new homes, to be aimed at people who work locally and want to live close to the town centre, will be among the best affordable accommodation around. Solar panels will keep residents’ heating bills down and save energy. "The apartments are part of wider regeneration initiatives that will really make a difference, and change things for the better." Cllr Jahangir Akhtar, cabinet nember for neighbourhoods for Rotherham Borough Council, added: "These apartments will be a welcome addition to the exciting vision that will not only transform the town centre but also repopulate it. In addition it has never been a more important time to provide good affordable housing options to our residents." Homes, being built by contractor Richardson Projects Ltd, part of the ROK group, will be completed next year.
RotherhamImage: greatplaces.org.uk
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