Sheffield, Sheffield Midland Station And Park Hill c.1965

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Central areas of the city and old industrial districts are being repopulated. There could be as many as 5,000 new apartment homes in and around the city centre in the very near future. Among those already occupied or well on their way to full occupation are the prestigious West One and Royal Plaza developments in the fashionable 'Devonshire Quarter' around West Street and upper Devonshire Street. West One consists of 500 apartments with restaurants, cafes and bars underneath; Royal Plaza boasts a 24-hour concierge service, underground parking and a central garden area. Besides the new developments are a number of interesting conversions including the old Barclays Bank in Commercial Street which is being turned into 56 apartments, and the Pinstone Chambers Building and the Prudential Assurance Building near the Peace Gardens. Further out from the city centre other interesting conversions include the luxury Ward's Brewery complex, called One Eleven, which includes 132 apartments. The Riverside Exchange beside the Don just off the Wicker with 214 apartments and 250,000 square feet of office space is an exciting development in a part of the city formerly dominated by industry, as is the conversion of Dixon's silver plate works at Cornish Place into an apartment complex and the attractive riverside apartments at Beckett's Saw Works off Green Lane. Riverside developments such as the Riverside Exchange and the proposed pedestrianisation of Nursery Street are notable extensions to the Victoria Quays development at the canal basin.