Approval for £81m Five Centenary Square scheme!

Revised plans for 5 Centenary Square, the third phase of Arena Central, have been officially approved.

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The third building at Kier Property’s Arena Central scheme will introduce a 10-storey featuring 280,863K SF of Grade A offices next to The University of Birmingham’s Exchange Building.

Designed as a modern interpretation of the Portland stone and granite palette of nearby listed buildings, planning consent was initially granted in 2021.

While the design principles remain unchanged, the building “has been updated to better suit the current market”.

5 Centenary Square will accommodate lower/ground floor café/retail unit and a 160-space cycle hub, a 12-car basement level, six lifts, and a top-floor terrace overlooking Centenary Square.

The building will also act as the northern gateway to the planned ‘Serpentine’ pedestrian route through to Holliday Street.

It is envisaged that around 1,385 workers could work at the site, whether through a single-let HQ, or up to four tenancy divisions.

With approval granted, the development is now subject to a S106 agreement that’ll see a £2.2m financial contribution for active travel connections within 2km of the site.

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5 Centenary Square, images from Make Architects.

You can view the development on our map. Also, feel free to follow us on our socials: X & Instagram.

Approval for 301-bed Pershore Street PBSA!

A 301-bed student accommodation project in the heart of the city has today been granted planning approval at the City Council’s planning committee.

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Located at the former Goods Yard on Pershore Street, the student development will feature a stepped building design of four, 11, and 15-storeys.

The SAMA Invesmtents project will accommodate two public street-level retail units, with students set to benefit from a range of amenities.

Facilities will include a social lounge, TV room, gymnasium, workspaces, 64 secure cycle spaces, and a green roofed terrace on the fourth floor.

Public art, a mural or a digital screen, designed by Kelly Lui, is also set to adorn the lift core elevation and has been conditioned through the applications approval.

The scheme is part of a much wider redevelopment of The Arcadian Centre, with Sama now working with LCP, The Arcadian's owner, to help unlock the site.

The aim is to create “a true gateway to The Arcadian”, improving connectivity and contribute to the area’s ongoing transformation.

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Pershore Street PBSA, images from Stride Treglown.

You can view the development on our map. Also, feel free to follow us on our socials: X & Instagram.

Perryian Works: Two Towers of 41 & 48 Storeys.

SAMA Investments has announced plans to redevelop 1 Lancaster Circus with a flagship student development comprising two landmark towers of 41 & 48 storeys.

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Backed by a £500M equity injection, SAMA seeks to redevelop an underutilised and largely empty office block, a site that was once home to Perry & Co., where pens, chains, and bicycles were all produced and sold worldwide.

Giving a respectful nod to its proud history through its name, Perryian Works proposes two towers of 41 & 48-storeys (161.5m), introducing 1,968 studio bed spaces (20-33 sqm).

With its facade comprising of monolithic aluminium panels, Perryian Works' accommodation would be served by a single central core, two fire-compliant staircases and four lifts. 

Complementing the beds would be a 134 sqm café, 5,281 sqm of student amenities, an initial 200 cycles, and eight small rooftop gardens.

Although amenities would largely be concentrated across the lower levels, there would be break levels introduced at floors 13, 27 & 41 across both towers.

Facilities include a mixture of lounges and study spaces, function rooms, a gym and studio, a leisure pool, a sauna, and a steam room.

The roofs of both towers each propose four small external garden spaces, further complemented by internal amenities and plant space.

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To get to this point, the proposal has been through several pre-application iterations, at one point topping 65 storeys, but was reduced because of height requirements and restrictions imposed by the CAA.

The application is now in the public domain and can be viewed and commented on here.

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Perryian Works, images from SAMA Investments, node, and Stride Treglown.

Smith's Garden - the UK's largest Modular BTR neighbourhood

All rise at Smith's Garden, 193 Camp Hill!

This is the UK’s largest modular Build to Rent neighbourhood, and it's beginning to take shape next to Bordesley Station.

Smith's Garden: six buildings of up to 26 storeys, centred around one acre of private green space.

SMITH'S GARDEN: DEVELOPMENT MAP

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Images from Stephen Giles

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Smith's Garden CGIs: Goodstone Living.

South Central motoring towards completion!

Birmingham's first terracotta tower is closing in on completion.

The last update saw the fitting out of the bronze PPC panels on the upper floors. Attention turns to the ground floor.

South Central will introduce 166 homes, a commercial unit, and a range of amenities, including a rooftop garden.

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Images from Stephen Giles. View the map of the site (with more info!) here.