DEVELOPER
Places for People with Sheffield Cultural Industries Quarter (CIQ)

LOCATION
Cultural Industries Quarter, e-campus in Sheffield City Centre

STAGE
Development feasibility study due to report in mid October 2003, planning and design brief being developed

SCALE
Up to 50 units of 1000 sq m each

DIVISION OF LIVE/WORK SPACE:
Not finalised

GETTING PLANNING CONSENT
Not yet sought

FUNDING
Not yet finalised, development feasibility study due to report in mid October 2003

TARGET MARKET
Web based, creative start up, currently home based, businesses seeking additional space

VIABILITY
Too early to comment. Feasibility study being carried out

NETWORKING/CLUSTERING?
CIQ has events and activities that will be accessible to live-work residents, there is a cafe less than 50 yards away from the live-work development's proposed site. E-campus also contains the Sheffield Power House workspace for cultural industries.

TENURE
Mixed tenure to include sale

EMPLOYMENT IMPACT
Not yet known

ICT
Wireless broadband – each building will have wireless access points

DEFINING FEATURES
Part of the city's creative quarter, associated with the proposed e-campus plan for Sheffield. It also complements the creative industries housed in the Sheffield Power House and the o­ngoing work of Sheffield CIQ

CONTACT
David Power, policy director, Places for People