Joint venture partners Sterling Property Ventures and Long Harbour have revealed plans for a 拢100m PRS scheme in Birmingham
Plans have been revealed for a 拢100m mixed-use development, Great Charles Place, in Birmingham.
Developer Sterling Property Ventures and funding partner Long Harbour plan to turn the two acre site at Great Charles Street from a car park into the city鈥檚 first private rented sector (PRS) scheme.
The first phase includes 320 apartments, 20,000 sq ft of ground floor retail and leisure space, and a mix of units, totaling 8,000 sq ft, to cater for small businesses.
The joint venture partners expect to put in for planning in October with work expected to commence January 2016. Sterling Property Ventures will also seek outline planning permission for the second phase of the scheme in October - a 205,000 sq ft office development over 14 floors.
The project team includes architects AHR; planning consultants Turley; project manager Gleeds; mechanical and engineering consultants, WPP; structural engineers Davies Maguire & Whitby and building control consultants, BCA.
James Howarth, managing director of Sterling Property Ventures, said: 鈥淕reat Charles Place will be a fantastic addition to the Jewellery Quarter [in Birmingham]. Not only will it realise the potential of this strategic development site, it will help deliver some of the housing and office space so desperately needed by Birmingham.鈥�
Rebecca Taylor, Long Harbour鈥檚 investment and development manager, said: 鈥淟ong Harbour is committed to working with development partners like Sterling to deliver PRS across the UK. Great Charles Place represents a cornerstone investment for our fund and into Birmingham, which we have identified as a core target area for build to rent investment.鈥�
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