100 Broad Street devleopment will feature more than 500 luxury flats
Plans have been submitted for what will, if approved, become Birmingham’s tallest tower, a 61-storey block of luxury flats.
Designed by Glancy Nicholls Architects, the 100 Broad Street development on the south-west edge of the city centre will replace a disused office building in a low-rise district.
At 193m, it will eventually be the tallest point in an emerging high-rise cluster of buildings which include Glancy Nicholls’ two Bank towers, rising to 33 storeys and 102m, which are already under construction, and Glenn Howells recently won planning for the 42-storey, 129m Moda tower.
The 100 Broad Street scheme will contain 503 one- and two-bedroom flats, commercial units on the ground floor and a “sky lounge” with views over the West Midlands. The flats, all classed as luxury, will conform to nationally described space standards.
The development will also feature a two-storey pavilion that will house associated ancillary uses and “high-quality” public realm, said the architect.
In its design and access statement, Glancy Nicholls said the development, for Euro Property Investments, was an “opportunity to create a vibrant residential community” in the area and to add an icon to Birmingham’s skyline.
Meanwhile, Glenn Howells Architects has submitted a masterplan for the multimillion-pound regeneration of a run-down 7.5-acre site in the centre of Birmingham.
Hammerson’s Martineau Galleries scheme (pictured below), which could eventually contain 1,200 new homes, will replace The Square shopping centre and Dale End car park.
The homes will be part of a mixed-use scheme called City Quarters, which will include retail outlets, a hotel, restaurants, cafes and up to 1.4 million ft² of workspace.
Hammerson, which owns Birmingham’s Bull Ring and Grand Central shopping centres, said a public consultation conducted last month had proved “overwhelmingly positive”.
Other consultants on the project are landscape architect Grant Associates and planning consultant Turley.
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