Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, UK - Placemaking with Community

Smallbrook Queensway could be reimagined with a highly sustainable development of up to 1,750 new homes, in buildings ranging between 44, 48 & 56 storeys.


SMALLBROOK QUEENSWAY

The Ringway Centre, 1-4 Smallbrook Queensway

Birmingham, view the site map HERE.

 

PROJECT TEAM:

ClientCEG on behalf of Dooba Investments II Ltd

ArchitectsCorstorphine+Wright, Fira

Funding: Sensitive [TBA]

Project Manager, Quantity Surveyor, Employer's AgentMGAC

Principal DesignerProject Four Safety

Structural & Civil EngineerCurtins

M&ECPW

Demolition Contractor: Wring Group

Phase 1 Building Contractor: TBC

FacadeWintech

TransportStantec

Fire EngineerAshton Fire

Wind EngineerArchitectural Aero

Acoustics, Air QualityHoare Lea

Right of LightThe Chancery Group

Building ControlQuadrant

ConsultantsMontagu Evans

Planning ConsultantTurley

Planning Application Number2022/08496/PA

 

SMALLBROOK QUEENSWAY

The Ringway Centre could be reimagined with a £350M landmark net-zero, residential-led community, spread over three phases.

Injecting new life into the tired, barrier site, the plans would fully reinvent and reconnect the site with the city once more, offering an integrated, aesthetic, and safer environment.

Phase I (below) would see the demolition of two-thirds of The Ringway Centre, clearing the way for a 48-storey (151m), with a 9-storey podium and 571 all-electric build-to-rent flats (245 one, 270 two, 32 three beds/ 5 commercial: 701 sqm). A delivery partner is in place.

Phases II and III (outline approved) could see 44 and 56-storey towers. Up to 1,750 new homes & 7,100 sqm of commercial would be delivered across the site - including vibrant ground-floor food and drinks outlets, a spa, a cinema, a gymnasium, and a nightclub.

Three new planned public spaces would also be introduced (£6M minimum), forging new ties between two vibrant districts, allowing permeability through the site for the first time in a generation.

FUTURE PHASES:

A phasing plan for the final two builds - up to 44 & 56fl - hasn't been announced. Both are in outline form & require a more detailed application(s) (and further demo to SBQ1) in the next few years. They could go up concurrently - nothing has been confirmed.

DEMOLITION:

The three-phased development will see a historical building record and a pre-demolition audit before any demolition happens. This is to identify materials that could be reused on site or recycled, with a target of 85% of non-hazardous waste diverted from landfill.

We'll then see demolition up to the link bridge.

Two buildings would eventually occupy this site including a 48 storey in Phase 1. The site next to it (SBQ2) will lie empty. It is expected that a pocket park will become a short-to-long-term measure.

AFFORDABILITY:

Subject to grant funding, affordable three-bedroom family housing would be increased across all phases (More soon). Should grant funding not be forthcoming, however, a fallback option includes 15% affordability (119 units), with 38 units in Phase 1.

Smallbrook Queensway, images from Corstorphine+Wright.

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Project dates

09 Apr 2019 - On-going

Passions

Construction & regeneration, Modern Architecture

Contact

Your Place Your Space

Jonathan Bostock

0121 410 5520
jonathan.bostock@ yourplaceyourspace.com