Glenn Howells submits £300m New Garden Square Birmingham scheme
Glenn Howells Architects has submitted plans for a £300 million regeneration scheme in the west of Birmingham.
The site on Hagley Road covers 10 acres of disused office buildings, which will be transformed by developers U+I and Calthorpe Estates into a mixed-use scheme called New Garden Square.
The planned mix includes up to 400 apartments, 56,500 sq m of office space, potential for a 100 bed hotel and 2,400 square metres of retail space that can accommodate new bars, restaurants and convenience stores. The development retains the existing grade II listed buildings fronting the Hagley Road.
Paul Patenall, U+I director, said: “New Garden Square is a £300 million regeneration project that will transform some tired office buildings in a fabulous location in the city.”
If approval is granted construction is earmarked to get underway in early 2020.
Howells is already working on the £500 million Paradise Circus scheme in the middle of the city which has involved demolishing John Madin’s Central Library.