CORTLAND BROAD STREET
The Square, Broad Street, Birmingham
View the site map HERE.
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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
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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.
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PROGRESS AT CORTLAND BROAD STREET:
October 2021 - Demolition has been completed, with construction imminent.
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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.
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Foundations complete, ready for the core next.
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The core riseth!
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Photography by Daniel Sturley.
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Photography by Stephen Giles.
February -
The first columns of the main structure are starting to be installed.
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The core rises a little.
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March -
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Photography by Daniel Sturley.
April -
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Photography by Daniel Sturley
May -
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June -
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July -
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Photography by Daniel Sturley.
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Photography by Stephen Giles
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August -
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Photography by Daniel Sturley.
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Photography by Stephen Giles.
October -
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Photography by Daniel Sturley.
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Photography by Stephen Giles.
November -
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December -
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Taken from the Toposcope atop Beacon Hill in the Lickey Hills Country Park, about 7 mile to the south-west.
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Photography by Daniel Sturley.
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Photography by Stephen Giles.
January 2023 -
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Photography by Daniel Sturley.
January 2024 -
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Photography by Stephen Giles.
February -
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Photography by Daniel Sturley.
May -
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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.