CORTLAND BROAD STREET

The Square, Broad Street, Birmingham

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PROJECT TEAM:

Partners: Cortland Build UK, Harrison Street

Architects: Corstorphine & Wright, Weddles

Principal Designer: Construction CDM

Quantity Surveyor: WT Partnership

Structural & Civil Engineer/ Services: Tier Consult/ Vitec Group

Groundworks, Drainage & Concrete Frame: Stephenson Group

Principal Contractor: The RG Group

Planning Consultant: Delta Planning

Funding: Cortland, Harrison Street, AllianceBernstein

Marketing: Knight Frank

Planning Application Number: 2020/03701/PA

Targeted Completion: Q2/3 2024

 

CORTLAND BROAD STREET, PHASE I @ 'THE SQUARE'.

Cortland Broad St. is a part-six, part 35 storey build to rent development containing 440 one- & two-bedroom apartments and high-class community facilities.

Cortland boasts more than 12K SF of amenities, including a landscaped courtyard, a rooftop tenants’ club, gym and cinema space, workspaces, lounges, dining areas, and a bouldering wall.

The next phase has consent for an eight-storey, 229-bed mid-range hotel with commercial facilities that is wholly dependent on a hotel occupier.

PROGRESS AT CORTLAND BROAD STREET:

October 2021 - Demolition has been completed, with construction imminent.

Drone image from Stephen Giles.

A piling rig is on-site, signalling that construction is now underway on the first phase. 440 build-to-rent (BTR) apartments will be delivered for Cortland UK, part of US BTR giant Cortland Group, in partnership with Harrison Street.

January 2022 - The crane is in the process of being installed.

Foundations complete, ready for the core next.

The core riseth!

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles.

February -

The first columns of the main structure are starting to be installed.

The core rises a little.

March -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

April -

Photography by Daniel Sturley

May -

June -

July -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles

August -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles.

October -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles.

November -

December -

Taken from the Toposcope atop Beacon Hill in the Lickey Hills Country Park, about 7 mile to the south-west.

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles.

January 2023 -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

January 2024 -

Photography by Stephen Giles.

February -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

May - 

Photography by Stephen Giles.

There are now nearly 500 photos of the construction of this building, which can be seen in reverse date order in the full gallery here: The Square, Broad Street - Full Construction Photo Gallery.