Flats now being sold in city's tallest building

However, the 38m, 101 metre-high St Paul's Tower is finally finished and 215 of the 316 apartments in what is now Sheffield's tallest building have been sold.

Graeme Dodds, from St Paul's City Lofts, said: "The completion of St Paul's shifts the geography and focus of Sheffield city centre. The apartments offer buyers and investors an unrivalled chance to experience urban living at its best."

Only 34 of the 215 sales have been completed, but many of those residents say they are unhappy with the finished apartments, which were put on the market in 2006.

A group of 20 people have formed an "action group" saying that the developer made changes to the design and layout of the flats without telling them.

But Mr Dodds said: "There's probably three apartment designs that have changed since the original brochure, but they are minor internal arrangement issues.

"In terms of square footage, they have got exactly what they bought and in some cases they have got more. However, we have ongoing positive dialogue with every one of them,"

The tower's future hung in the balance a year ago after original developer City Lofts Group Plc, went into administration but millions of pounds from regional development agency Yorkshire Forward was used to bail out the block.