The second phase of Sahlia Investment’s £200m mixed-use Beorma Quarter development in the heart of Birmingham has won consent this afternoon.
Birmingham city council planners unanimously voted in favour of the Broadway Malyan Architects-designed project, which will include Birmingham’s tallest office building.
Located next to the Bullring and the Selfridges building, the scheme is also close to the proposed HS2 terminus at Eastside.
Plans include a 30-storey mixed-use tower with retail space, 155,000 sq ft of grade-A offices and 125 flats, each of which will have a private winter garden with views across the city.
Also proposed are a seven-storey office building with 30,000 sq ft of grade-A space and a 13-storey building with 69 flats, four work/live units and ground-floor shops. At the heart of the development will be a new public square called Orwell Place.
The first phase of the scheme was completed earlier this year. It included the refurbishment of the former Bullring Markets Coldstore building into an office complex and innovation centre as well as the development of a new Adagio hotel.
Broadway Malyan director Neil Rose said: “The first phase of Beorma Quarter is now complete and Salhia believes that the market conditions are right to move on to the next phase of the scheme, which is set to transform this important and historic part of the city.
“The scheme has changed significantly since original proposals were approved in 2009, however, we have striven to pay homage to the area’s historic roots.”
Enabling works are set to start on site this month.
