Argent set to unveil 40 storey Glenn Howells-designed building for city centre regen scheme

A residential tower being planned for the Paradise redevelopment in the middle of Birmingham will be close to 40 storeys, Building understands.

The tower has been drawn up by local practice Glenn Howells Architects with proposals for the build-to-rent scheme set to go before city planners by the year end. It has been earmarked for a plot at the north of the site.

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One Centenary Way is due to be completed in 2023

Paradise had originally been conceived as a commercial and retail scheme but Rob Groves, regional director with Paradise developer Argent, said: “This proposed change to the Paradise masterplan will enable the development to become truly mixed-use.

“The demand for very high-quality residential buildings alongside places where people work and spend their leisure time is critical to the long-term success and sustainability of major cities like Birmingham.”

The first two office blocks at the city centre site have been built already, with financial services giant PwC currently moving 2,000 staff into One Chamberlain Square.

Glenn Howells is also behind a third scheme at the site, One Centenary Way, which is being developed at the old Adrian Boult Hall conservatoire building and is the first element of phase two of Paradise. 

The architect is behind two other high-rise towers in the city, a 42-storey build-to-rent block at 212 Broad Street being built by Sisk for Moda Living and a 37-storey private sales residential tower at Eastside Locks, near the planned HS2 station at Curzon Street. Developer on this scheme is Berkeley subsidiary St Joseph.

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Eric Parry’s One Chamberlain Square (left) with Glenn Howells’ Two Chamberlain Square opposite. Splitting the two is Bam’s 26-storey office job at 103 Colmore Row less than half a mile away

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