Vita Student Gough Street - May 2024 Update

A new purpose-built student accommodation development is now rising on Gough Street and Suffolk Street Queensway

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Rising to 30 storeys, the 540-bed managed development is now making its presence known on the skyline.

The development sits on the eastern periphery of the Grade B locally listed Christadelphian Hall and the Grade II-listed Birmingham Hebrew Congregation (Singers Hill Synagogue) to the northwest.

The site will introduce two interlinked BREEAM 'Excellent' buildings of 10 & 30 storeys (approximately 92m, inc. ground floor and roof level), bringing an eclectic array of managed studios aimed at the top end of the student market.

Students will soon benefit from a concierge, dining rooms, a gym, social hub, games area, study spaces, an outdoor terrace, and spaces for 254 bicycles.

Harmonising the architectural heritage of the city and adding to a street in the process of being repaired, the development will be made up of red brick and glass, creating depth, texture, and visual interest on what is a primary route into the city.

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Construction images from Stephen Giles & Daniel Sturley. CGIs from Urban Innovations. View the site map HERE.

South Central Tower - Closing in on Completion, May 2024

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

The bronze PPC panels are now in the process of being fitted to the rooftop garden space, following the colour scheme of the tower's base and spandrel panels on the upper floors.

166 new homes, a commercial unit, and a range of amenities.

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

Rebirth of the River Rea approved by Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee has approved an application by Dandara Living to deliver over 1,300 new homes and commercial space at Warner’s Fields.

Following on from an earlier post, here's more regarding the development.

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The development will deliver a new sustainable neighbourhood centred around a renaturalised River Rea, which runs through the middle of the site, but is not currently accessible to the public.

Dandara will invest in landscaping the river, creating desirable new public spaces along its banks and laying the foundations for a dynamic new mixed-use destination a short walk from the city centre.

This first phase (below) of the development will spearhead the delivery of the Council’s Rea Valley Urban Quarter regeneration with successive phases delivering further homes, workspaces, commercial space and new active travel routes.

Dandara Living is one of the UK’s leading built-to-Rent Developers with an already strong track record of delivery in Birmingham City Centre at its sites at Aston Place and Unity & Armouries.

Rachel Allwood, Planning Director at Dandara Living, said:

“We are delighted that Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee has today approved our
application to deliver a new neighbourhood at Warner's Fields.

The redevelopment will deliver much-needed new homes to meet Birmingham’s housing need and drive the ecological and environmental transformation of this part of the city by renaturalising the River Rea and delivering significant net biodiversity gain.

We are grateful to the Officers at BCC who recognised the necessity of this phasing and recommended the scheme for approval and to the Committee Members who approved it.”

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Warner Fields: A 3,351-home riverside regeneration

Two planning applications for thousands of homes as part of a new riverside neighbourhood have been greenlit.

Dandara Living's ten-block Warner Fields development will see the long-term redevelopment of this site located at Moseley Street in Southside.

THE SITE: Interactive Map

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Warner Fields is a unique, long-term riverside neighbourhood set to deliver 1,351 new homes across ten new blocks of four to 15 storeys.

Over 50% will be devoted to new green and pedestrian space, with the site's centrepiece being the River Rea, which will be broken out of its culvert and re-naturalised across both banks, with a new bridge connecting Charles Henry St. with Rea Street South.

Phases 1-4 (full detailed), overlapping with the river works, will introduce 1,056 BTR one- to three-bedroom apartments (597 one, 420 two & 39 three-beds) and over 30K SF of flexible floorspace, with commercial/flexible uses across the entirety of the ground floor.

Phase 5 (outline) could see a further c. 295 homes and over 46K SF of flexible floorspace.

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When complete, Warner Fields will benefit from sustainable drainage systems, pocket parks, green and brown roofs, courtyards, roof terraces, and new cycleways (1,164 cycle spaces) and footways.

No affordable housing will be available in light of the viability issues associated with the extensive public realm and works to the River Rea.

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

All rise at Smith's Garden at 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, all centred around one acre of private green space.

SMITH'S GARDEN: DEVELOPMENT MAP

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Smith's Garden CGIs: Goodstone Living; drone image: Stephen Giles.