West Midlands
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Millennium Commission confirms £50m towards science and technology centre in Birmingham
The Millennium Commission confirmed its £50m National Lottery funds grant towards a £110m science and technology centre in the heart of Birmingham.
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British Land puts Birmingham’s Vantage Point on the market for £2.4m
British Land has put Vantage Point, the 1.6 hectare (4 acre) industrial site at Aston Circus, near Waterlinks Boulevard in Birmingham, on the market for £2.4m off a yield of…
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Retailers and developers increasingly cautious about planning appeals
Retailers and developers are becoming more cautious about going to planning appeal on out-of-town sites as more than half of all retail appeals are now turned down under the revised…
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Future of GEC-Alsthom Washwood Heath, Birmingham plant secured with train order
The future of GEC-Alsthom’s Metro Cammell plant in Washwood Heath, Birmingham, has been secured after Gatwick Express placed a £100m, order for new trains with the company.
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Planners back proposal for redevelopment of West India Quay, London Docklands
London Docklands Development Corporation is set to back plans for a massive redevelopment of former sugar warehouses at West India Quay, E14.
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Developers confirm 37,000 sq ft office deal at St Chads’ Court in Birmingham
MEPC and Richardson Developments have confirmed that St Chads’ Court, their 3,530 sq m (38,000 sq ft) office development in Birmingham, has been let to the Health Department, as exclusively…
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Royal Mail mounts search for 80,000 sq ft in central Birmingham
The Royal Mail is looking for 3,716 sq m (80,000 sq ft) of offices in Birmingham city centre. It has mounted a search for premises to house its city centre…
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Central Birmingham offices up for sale as Royal Mail moves to Aston
The Royal Mail has put the freehold of its 74,320 sq m (800,000 sq ft) city centre sorting office on Blucher Street and Royal Mail Street up for sale following…
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Ionica to open call centre in Birmingham
Ionica plans to open a customer call centre in Birmingham. It will be the telecommunications group’s second centre. The first is in Cambridge.
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Central Birmingham office take-up set to top 500,000 sq ft
Office take-up in Central Birmingham is set to top 46,450 sq m (500,000 sq ft) in 1997, according to research published by Richard Ellis.
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Birmingham Council grants consent for Bull Ring redevelopment
Birmingham council has granted consent for Hammerson’s £300m Bull Ring redevelopment. Demolition will begin next year. The new shopping centre will provide 102,190 sq m (1.1m sq ft).
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Hammerson wins approval in principle for £300m Bull Ring redevelopment
Hammerson has won planning consent in principle for its £300m redevelopment of Birmingham’s Bull Ring shopping centre, signalling the start of the city centre’s transformation.