Introducing Connaught Square, Birmingham, UK
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PROJECT DETAIL:
770 residential units (mix of one, two and three bedrooms) with around 42,000 sq ft of commercial, leisure and community usages, together with car parking (105), cycle spots (656), a new public square and a new pedestrian bridge over the River Rea.
BREAK DOWN OF BUILDINGS:
Building 1 will consist of a 28 storey tower with a lower ‘shoulder’ element situated on the corner of Rea Street and High Street. The tallest element would be situated on the High Street frontage; the building would then drop in height along Rea Street firstly to ten storeys and then eight. There would be amenity areas for residents above these lower parts of the building.
Building 2 will rise from 8 storeys to 9 towards Bradford Street.
Building 3 will be the largest building on plan and will consist of a perimeter development of residential apartments with the White Swan public house completing the block. It will rise from four storeys to six then to eight storeys on the Bradford Street frontage. The building would continue at seven storeys in height until its junction with Stone Yard / Birchall Street where it drops to five storeys before finally dropping to four stories adjacent to the White Swan.
Building 4, facing High Street will be ten storeys tall before dropping to seven, then six to the rear.
DEVELOPER:
Seven Capital
ARCHITECTS:
K4 Architects
CONTRACTOR:
Colmore Tang Construction (TBC)
PLANNING APPLICATION NUMBER:
2016/08273/PA (Full Planning)
(https://bit.ly/2qQZ32O)
VALUE:
Circa £200 million
TARGETED COMPLETION:
Q3 2023
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Artist's impressions by K4 Architects