A PART-BUILT apartment complex will be finished next year - almost six years since work came to an abrupt end.
The City Reach building will be made into 86 apartments, with work expected to be finished in "nine to 11 months' time".
The concrete skeleton - which was conceived as a striking new addition to the Barnsley skyline when the development was given planning permission almost seven years ago - sold for £375,000 at auction in October.
The development, near Morrisons, was abandoned at the height of the recession but bought by Superior Living Limited.
"It has become a bit of an eyesore and a a beacon for drug users so to have it finished will tidy up that area and make it better," said Coun Doug Birkinshaw.
"If it's finished it will give us another 80 to 100 homes in the town centre area which has got to be good prosperity for the town."
