Construction starts at 'Boulevard @ Southside'

Construction has commenced at ‘Boulevard @ Southside’, a vacant plot of land on Bristol Street, a major thoroughfare into Birmingham city centre

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Piling works is underway across the site, with Bespoke Construction tasked with the job of building out the six building, 278-home development​.

A two-phased affair, the Investin PLC development will deliver an initial 145 one & two-bedroom apartments in Phase I, across three new builds of four, six & 15-storeys. 

Phase II will deliver the three remaining buildings of five and six storeys. 

Residents will have access to a gymnasium and cinema, spacious lounges, co-working areas, a roof terrace, and a podium courtyard, all of which will set the standard for the city's burgeoning rental sector.

VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR LINK HERE.

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Boulevard @ Southside, drone images from Stephen Giles; CGIs from Investin & Connells.

View the site on our development map HERE.

Demolition Underway at S&K Buildings, Digbeth

S&K Buildings on Bradford Street has moved a major step forwards to being realised.

Wholesale demolition works has commenced across the site.

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S&K Buildings, a vastly underutilised site, is to be reanimated and remodelled with an attractive build to rent community containing 484 new homes.

EDR Demolition are now onsite demolishing the majority of the site (plan below), deemed in very poor state of disrepair, with the exception of the S&K building fronting Bradford Street.

Once cleared, six new builds of up to 10 storeys will be erected, each one set around internal courtyards, with the transformative scheme also bringing the River Rea into the mix with a fluid publicly accessible canal-side walkway, with terraces, cafes and restaurants.

The visually aesthetic S&K building is to be retained, converted and upwardly extended with a new two-storey extension.

The site will ultimately offer an attractive selection of one-, two- & three-bedroom apartments (c48 affordable), and spacious duplexes to cater to every lifestyle.

Yellow denotes retained, with demolition in red.

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Drone images from Stephen Giles; CGIs (Riba 1-4) from Future High Street Living Ltd & Corstorphine & Wright.

The Construction of Maker's Yard - May 2023

Makers Yard is transforming Sherlock Street with 551 build-to-rent homes, street-level commercial units, amenities aplenty, and fluid new pedestrian links.

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Maker's Yard is located adjacent to Smithfield and the visionary Rea Valley Urban Quarter, which will be transformed into a truly sustainable and desirable neighbourhood in the coming years.

The six-build project (5-30 storeys) will accommodate a selection of one-, two- & three-bedroom apartments – 47 affordable – along with substantial street-facing commercial, new pedestrian routes, and a whole host of amenities to boost the living experience.

These include a series of connected green spaces for communal and private use, including a centrally located 'village square' that will serve as a community Hub to house a gym and yoga studio, a range of lounges and flexible workspace.

This will be reinforced by a vibrant, high quality landscape inspired by the site's industrial heritage.

There will also be a 24-hour concierge, large double height reception areas, podium gardens and a sky lounge.

Maker's Yard is Watkin Jones' largest build to rent development to date – with Get Living, the UK’s pioneer of large-scale BTR communities, forward funding and operating the site once it completes in 2025.

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Images from Stephen Giles; CGIs from Watkin Jones, Howells & Stride Treglown.

For more on this and more: this is the city's first and only Interactive Development Map.

We're also on Twitter and Instagram - feel free to reach out.

Plans are in for a re-imagined Former Queens Hospital, Bath Row

Plans for a re-imagined former Queens Hospital on Bath Row into a thriving canalside community, housing modern residential and student accommodation, have arrived.

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The former Queen’s Hospital site on Bath Row is to be reimagined with 728 student beds and 189 Build-to-Rent apartments​.

The gated site, housing 1990s student stock that no longer meets the aspirations of today's market, will be demolished and opened up to make way for contemporary new builds – a 31-storey (100.8m), two 10-storeys, and two seven-storeys – each designed with a commonality but with subtle differences giving each its own identity.

With an emphasis on wellbeing and movement, each building will be set around two retained Grade II listed properties which face out onto Bath Row.

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The 1873-built Western block (below) will be revived and transformed into a brand-new community hub with café, gym, workspace, and cycle storage. 1840-built Eastern block (second below) will accommodate 52 post-grad studios.

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There will be four new courtyards and terraced gardens, offering fab new spaces for BBQs, games, and seating. Three of these will back onto the canal: two for PBSA, with one for BTR.​

The other will form a new community garden and social space, located directly to the centre of the site.

With spill out envisaged around the two heritage assets, an enhanced public realm to Bath Row will offer fluid routes into this vibrant central setting, allowing residents space to lounge, eat, and socialise.

You can follow this development here with us, as well as view it on Birmingham's first and only Interactive Development Map. You can also follow us on Twitter and on Instagram.

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Plans are being brought forward via a McLaren Property and Aventicum partnership, with designs from Chapman Taylor and Churchman Thornhill Finch.

Images from Chapman Taylor, Turley, and Wellcome Collection Gallery.

Planning Submitted for Final Phase of £60m Student Scheme

Birmingham-based investor and developer, Volume.Property, has submitted a planning application for its third and final phase of the £60M Volume Works student development in the emerging Gunsmith Quarter.

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The proposed development will bring 220 bedrooms to two underutilised plots, adding to the existing 156 beds across the wider project, which will cater to the growing demand for high-quality, modern living spaces in the city.

Two new builds of 6-7 and 8-14 storeys (45m) will be built on existing vacant plots, delivering four different types of studio accommodation, along with energy and water efficient appliances, air source heat pumps and rooftop photovoltaics.

An 8-14 storey comprising 133 beds will be built to the corner of Hanley Street & Cliveland Street [here], with a 6-7 storey, delivering an additional 87 bedrooms, adjacent [here].

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With the needs of students in mind, each unit will feature high-spec amenities, ample storage space, high-speed internet, and en-suite bathrooms, complemented by indoor and outdoor amenity spaces, including study areas, cycle spaces, and a gym.

Each build has been meticulously designed to complement the existing and emerging context, in both its red-brick materiality and massing.

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After completing Phase I at 37 Hanley Street, in 2021, with Phase II at 41 Hanley Street currently well advanced for a further 108 bedspaces, Volume teamed up with Hortus Investments to deliver on the wider Volume Works project.

Founded in 2019 by members of the prominent Horton family, Hortus will finance the final phase and are perhaps best known in recent times for bringing The Grand Hotel on Colmore Row back into use.

“The student accommodation sector is changing rapidly, and today’s students expect a better level of product and service than ever before. At Volume.Property, we’ve been pioneering new ways of enhancing the student experience, and that’s been evident in our results.” - Anthony Laville, CEO of Volume.Property.

The application is now under review and, if approved, construction is expected to begin later this year with a scheduled completion for the start of the 2025/26 academic year.

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Images from Volume Property, Corstorphine+Wright & the IYB Development Map.