The Bond, on Fazeley Street, is Birmingham’s freshest creative hub, with a focus on film, media and tech.

With an October '22 completion, we extend a massive thank you not only to Oval Real Estate, but to Create Central, and to the Digbeth Estate, for taking the time to show us around.

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An IYB Tour of 'The Bond: Creative Content Hub'


An IYB Tour of 'The Bond: Creative Content Hub'


The Bond, on Fazeley Street, is Birmingham’s freshest creative hub, with a focus on film, media and tech.

With an October '22 completion, we extend a massive thank you not only to Oval Real Estate, but to Create Central, and to the Digbeth Estate, for taking the time to show us around.


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An outstanding contemporary urban space, set around four historic buildings: Ice House, Retort House, Toll House & Gate House, the Creative Content Hub will be a place where minds meet, ideas are created and collaborations forged.

With Digbeth in the throes of a second revolution under the stewardship of Oval Real Estate, they’ve partnered with the influential industry body, Create Central, to transform the former Victorian gasworks into a state-of-the-art Google-styled campus for media businesses.

The superhub will bring together a range of diverse businesses with a speciality for content creation, technology, training and development, once again boosting Birmingham's status as a major centre for TV, gaming, digital and film production.

All this follows hot on the heels of the news that the BBC will move to Typhoo Wharf from 2026; MasterChef will settle into the neighbouring Banana warehouse from 2024; animation studios will be opening on Pickford Street; and, of course, there's Digbeth Loc Studios next door to look forward to.

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ICE HOUSE ft canopy and Wharfside Yard

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RETORT HOUSE:

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TOLL HOUSE:

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CGIs from Oval Real Estate/BPN; tour images from Stephen Giles.