Birmingham
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Nazir promoted in Birmingham
Waheed Nazir, Birmingham City Council’s director of planning & regeneration, has been appointed acting strategic director for economy
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Calls for West Midlands sovereign wealth fund
John Clancy, the leader of Birmingham city council, is calling for the creation of a West Midlands sovereign wealth fund that would combine the area’s public-sector pension funds and invest…
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Hilton Metropoles come to market for £700m
Two of the UK’s largest hotels have been put up for sale for around £700m by Edward Wojakovski’s family-owned Tonstate property group.
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Clancy’s plans for Birmingham
John Clancy, the new Labour leader of Birmingham City Council, does not think Birmingham’s status as the country’s second city is in danger despite a damning report just over a…
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Primark polishes Pavilions plan
Primark gets green light to refurbish Pavilions shopping centre in Birmingham
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Manchester a draw for commercial property investment
Manchester attracted £8.2bn of commercial property investment, putting it ahead of Birmingham at £6.5bn and Glasgow at £5.3bn, a survey by CBRE shows.
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Colliers’ Smeeton joins C&W
David Smeeton, the head of Colliers International’s Birmingham office, is leaving the firm to join Cushman & Wakefield
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Birmingham office take-up hits record 1m sq ft
City centre office take-up totalled just under a record 1m sq ft in Birmingham during 2015.
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Birmingham office construction surges
A report by Deloitte, the Birmingham crane survey, shows office construction in Birmingham is growing at the fastest rate in 13 years, and that hotel, leisure and retail developments have…
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Library demolished in redevelopment of Birmingham city centre
Demolition of Birmingham’s former central library has begun, part of a £500m redevelopment of the city’s Paradise Circus.
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Dwell to build Brum student digs
Dwell (Birmingham) is to develop a major student accommodation scheme in central Birmingham
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Beorma Quarter phase two approved
The second phase of Sahlia Investment’s £200m mixed-use Beorma Quarter development in Birmingham has won consent