Capital&Centric submits plans to turn Sheffield scrubland into new neighbourhood

Developer Capital&Centric has lodged an application with Sheffield Council to turn a plot of scrubland into an apartment block with 192 homes for rent. 

The scheme, called Fitzwilliam, will also have communal lounges, a courtyard and a rooftop terrace, as well as an independent café or bar on the ground floor.

The homes will be furnished with Scandi-designed furniture from HAY and will be run by Ollo, Capital&Centric’s in-house rental team.

It is located across from rental apartment complex Eyewitness Works, also delivered by Capital&Centric, where the firm has restored two grade II listed buildings and delivered Brunswick – an industrial style newbuild.

All the shared spaces at Fitzwilliam will also be available for use by Eyewitness residents.

Tom Wilmot, joint managing director at Capital&Centric, said: “Fitzwilliam isn’t another bland block of apartments. What we’re creating here is a community where people actually want to spend time; that means homes that feel like home, shared spaces to make new friends, and proper greenery to unwind in.”

The Manchester-based developer plans to create a pedestrian route from Fitzwilliam to Eyewitness, while neighbouring Thomas Street would get trees, benches and local artwork that “nods to Sheffield’s industrial past.”

Capital&Centric recently regenerated the Cannon Brewery, a 550-home Sheffield neighbourhood and co-produced the Sheffield-based Channel 4 show Big Interiors Battle, which focused on its Eyewitness Works.

The company has branded itself as a “social impact developer” and has created the “Regeneration Brainery”, a non-profit network of academies focused on supporting young adults to access careers in the property industry while ”increasing the diversity and inclusivity of the sector.”