APPROVAL FOR REGENERATION OF POST-INDUSTRIAL DIGBETH

A hybrid application forming a strategic, long-term vision framework for the regeneration of post-industrial Digbeth, has been APPROVED!

Phase 1 of the wider eight-phase regeneration will see 40 new homes, a 'light box' extension to the Custard Factory, and a new office cluster. Exciting!

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4.5M SQFT PLANS; INCLUDING A BIRMINGHAM ‘HIGH LINE’

Digbeth is Birmingham’s creative hub with proud roots in trade, industry, craft and making. Oval Real Estate seeks to conserve this rich heritage, whilst raising the dynamic of the area that will support the city’s diverse communities.

Plans will see 4.15M SQFT developed over eight major phases, offering a genuine opportunity to steer the future development of Digbeth cohesively.

The 15-year plan will involve the redevelopment of 67 plots and the demolition of some 59 buildings, with buildings ranging from one to fourteen storeys tall. If fully realised, the project could be operational by 2035.

The scheme envisages 1.9 million SQFT of offices, up to 1,850 residential units, 230,000 SQFT of new shops, bars, retail, restaurants & takeaways, improved public realm spaces, a nightclub, a 350-bed hotel, a MSCP, 850-bed student accommodation, alongside leisure, education and community facilities.

The city’s 1846-built Duddleston viaduct will also be reanimated into a vibrant New York-esque ‘High Line’ - with all builds setback from the viaduct with a strategically placed pedestrian route alongside its length to the city centre.

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The River Rea will be uncovered for the first time in decades; two new pedestrian bridges over the Rea & Grand Union Canal will be built, with two others forming a linear sky park atop Duddleston viaduct.

All this will see Digbeth become a permanent daytime economy presiding over thousands of new inhabitants, as well as seeing up to 16,000 new jobs created.

67 PLOTS, 59 BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED, OTHERS BROUGHT BACK INTO USE

Let’s be clear: Large swathes of the site are rundown, with many abandoned buildings and empty plots. These will be demolished, but not all at the same time, as many seem to believe.

Low grade properties will be demolished over the years.

Many, lying either vacant or underutilised, will also be brought back into viable use where appropriate, allowing Digbeth to provide a whole range of suitable improved commercial spaces for a range of businesses, from small scale start-ups to larger companies.

All new builds will then respond to the specific design code of the area. We’ll be posting more on this as the site develops.

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PHASE 1

The first phase (in blue) includes ‘Wild Works’, providing 139K SQFT of workspace, 40 new homes at ‘Custard Factory Living’, and a 35K SQFT ‘light box’ upward extension at the Custard Factory.

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The Wild Works (Floodgate Street) - Designed by Studio Egret West, Wild Works provides a subtle nod to the areas metalworking past.

The site will be redeveloped to provide four modern commercial blocks in builds ranging from 1 to 8-9 storeys, along with an incubator workspace & a ground-floor restaurant.

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Custard Factory Living (Floodgate Street) - Designed by Glenn Howells Architects, the site will see the development of a seven-storey residential building providing 40 (1-3 bed) rented apartments—including four affordable units (10%), with ground-floor retail/food and drink uses.

Provision for a replacement pedestrian bridge is included, and this will cross the River Rea to provide an improved link from Floodgate Street past the Custard Factory to Gibb Street.

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Custard Factory Extension - This exciting new three-storey light-box addition will add architectural interest to the area.

Designed around the concept of a light-box, the extension will provide two storeys of flexible-use office space & a further top floor for function spaces alongside an outdoor roof garden area.

An extension will also be made at ground floor level, providing additional retail and office floorspace.

Exciting plans afoot!

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All images used here are the property of Studio Egret West & Glenn Howells Architects.