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📍#Birmingham Smithfield, Plot 3
On the advice of planning agents, Plot 3 for a Grade A office workspace has seen its footprint reduced.
The building, now 180K SF, with one core and two terraces, is now seen as 'optimal' to cater to market demands & maintain project momentum ✌️
The former, larger footprint, at c.260K SF NIA, was designed to target a specific occupier's requirements.
Unfortunately, that occupier has since fallen away, resulting in the above changes.
A lot is happening BTS.
The wider Smithfield plots include at least three plots in planning & set for procurement before the year's end. At least one plot has appointed a contractor under a Pre-Contract Services Agreement - more soon.
The Tower Ballroom site, adjacent to Edgbaston Reservoir, is to be reborn with 95 affordable two-, three- & four-bedroom apartments & townhouses - social rent & shared ownership - complemented by a series of landscaped pocket parks.
Keon Homes x Midland Heart x @GlancyNicholls
The plans also include a flexible Class E commercial retail unit (facing the reservoir), suitable for a modest retail unit or café.
All new homes will be equipped with Air Source Heat Pumps, PV panels, EV points, high EPC ratings, dual-flush toilets, and LED lighting.
Footbridge over Great Charles Street linking city centre and Jewellery Quarter very much divides opinion as does the A38 cutting through the city. What's your opinion #LookUpBirmingham. Photo courtesy
@Daniel_Sturley
🚨The Essington, 90 Broad Street, was approved at committee in March '24, subject to a S106 legal agreement.
An agreement for on-site affordable housing, public realm and noise mitigation has NOT materialised.
As a result, The Essington has now officially REFUSED.
#Birmingham
🚨The Borough Buildings, 58 John Bright Street.
The building is to be adaptively reused and brought back into active use as a 179-room Hotel.
Plans include a viability-boosting three-storey rear & upward extension, an external terrace, a welcoming new entrance & a public cafe.
It will be interesting to see the skyline as viewed from Edgbaston Reservoir change as the Edition development rises from the core already at floor 13. Photos courtesy @Daniel_Sturley#LookUpBirmingham
🎭 The Pavilions building is to become a family-oriented, interactive ‘edutainment’ Museum of Illusions venue.
Its basement, ground and first floors will be transformed, delivering a unique & fully inclusive visitor attraction within the central retail core.
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#Birmingham#IYB
The museum will feature “fascinating holograms, mind-bending illusion rooms, and astonishing exhibits intended to trick the mind and puzzle perceptions”.
It launched in Zagreb in 2015 and has since grown across 28 countries and 5 continents.
📍 The Hundred, #Birmingham
It's almost time to say cheerio to 100 Broad Street.
A Demolition Management Plan (Condition 17 from approval) has been submitted.
This sets out the methodology & management procedures that will be implemented throughout the demolition phase in Q4.