These are the big projects currently driving construction growth in Birmingham
Architect in Birmigham is undergoing a renaissance. The plans for the Central Library revealed by Mecannoo recently are the latest showstopping designs set to transform the heart of the city.
Below we run through the buildings already on site and over the next few days we will show ten more buildings which are either approved or proposed.
And bear in mind that this list of £100m-plus schemes doesn't include the £2.4bn BSF and £2.2bn highways framework. It really is boom-time Birmingham.
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Longbridge
This regeneration of a former Rover car plant over 15 years will include 1,400 homes and 10,000 jobs over 140haValue: £750m
Architect: Various
Developer: St Modwen
University Hospital
This 35-year PFI deal is due to reach financial close in March 2005. The scheme will include a new 1,249-bed inpatient hospital, a 137-bed psychiatric hospital and teaching facility and two separate mental health facilitiesValue: £545m
Architect: BDP
Main contractor: Balfour Beatty
Attwood Green
A grant of £49.8 million from the government's Estate Renewal Challenge Fund enabled this scheme to go ahead. The area was formerly known as the Central Area EstatesValue: £350m
Architect: PRP & Gardner Stewart
Developer: Crest Nicholson
The Cube
This 23-storey mixed-use tower will contain 135 flats, 111,500 ft² of offices, shops, a hotel and a 'skyline' restaurantValue: £100m
Architect: Make
Main contractor: Buildability
Snowhill
This city-centre development will contain 600,000ft² of office space, a five-star hotel, 332 luxury apartments, leisure facilities and open spacesValue: £400m
Architect: Siddell Gibson & Glenn Howells
Developer: Ballymore
Postscript
Thanks to John Cave from for helping to compile the projects.
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