Council wants to build an as-yet-unspecified number of homes as part of regeneration plans
Birmingham city council is looking to team up with investors to take part in a major housing-led redevelopment programme in the Ladywood district of the city.
The council will launch a formal procurement process on 26 March and plans to bring in successful bidders for initial talks by 21 June.
It will then aim to choose a development partner that can show it has successfully delivered housing regeneration schemes to lead the building work.
The scale of housing to be built across the 62ha site has not been decided.
A spokesperson for the West Midlands Growth Company – which is owned by the West Midlands combined authority – said the council was unable to put a figure on the exact housing delivery volume “because at this stage it ultimately depends on the proposals from the partner once appointed”.
“But the potential for significant housing growth does exist,” she added.
The Ladywood site had “long been identified as a location that could deliver family housing alongside enhanced public spaces, pedestrian routes and community facilities”.
The regeneration of Ladywood forms part of Birmingham’s Big City Plan.
Launched in 2010, the 20-year city centre masterplan proposes to eventually build 5,000 new homes.
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