Plans for a regeneration development in Edgbaston have moved a step closer, with the submission of a reserved matters application, the next significant step in bringing forward the first phase office development.
The £300m development is a joint partnership between Calthorpe Estates and U+I.
‘New Garden Square’ along the Hagley Road will be a mixed use development which will provide half a million sq ft of office space along with 400 residential apartments, and retail space to accommodate bars, restaurants and convenience stores.
The design could also see the potential of a 100 room hotel being built as part of the development along with 900 parking spaces.
Paul Patenall, projects director at U+I, said: “Today is a significant step in making New Garden Square a reality.
“Our plans are for a commercial-led, mixed-use development, which will provide approximately 500,000 sq ft of Grade A office space.
“This will extend the city core and create a new business destination which will attract significant investment and generate jobs. Its impact will be significant for the city’s Business Development Plan and for Edgbaston and its community for generations to come.”
Ralph Minott, director of development at Calthorpe Estates, added: “We are well advanced with the bidding process for the residential element, and conversations are progressing with potential funding partners for the office element of this sizeable, ambitious scheme.
“Alongside the significant office space, New Garden Square will provide up to 400 residential apartments, and up to 2,400 sq m of retail space to accommodate bars, restaurants and convenience stores, along with the potential for a 100 bed-hotel, and 900 car parking spaces.
“It’s an exciting and truly transformational development that will see the regeneration of a first generation 1960s commercial offices site into a new, mixed use scheme.”
The site is next to the Plough and Harrow on the Hagley Road and stretches down to Five Ways, towards Francis Road and back towards Duchess Road, where the skyline now looks decidedly clear after the demolition of the first office building within the regeneration.
The development will be set around garden square public realm, formed from a series of eclectic gardens and mature trees, fronted by the retained existing classic Grade II listed buildings along the Hagley Road.
New Garden Square will benefit from plans which will see the metro extend up the Hagley Road, with a terminus stop opposite the scheme outside 54 Hagley Road.
The new SPRINT network will also run in parallel with the metro and continue along Hagley Road to Quinton.
