V Tower/Arena Central - Page 6

joshwebb · October 8th, 2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ecological

On a side note.

Miller Construction (Arena Central - Not V Tower) were sponsors at a Birmingham event the other day alongside other major players in the industry that are working on schemes in and around Birmingham.

In relation to the article. Good news. Especially considering the office space was increasing from 500,000 sqft to 800,000 sqft. could see some larger buildings in and around the site. Maybe a couple of towers throughout the scheme.

(Joshwebb - don't get excited).

Can't wait to see a design. Guess we'll see something within 3/6 months.

20-25 storeys?

Old masterplan but suspect it'll be no shorter then Cen. Plaza.

How can you say all of that and not expect me to not get excited?

Forget 20-25 storys I'm imagining 50-60 storys

Ecological · October 9th, 2011, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by joshwebb

How can you say all of that and not expect me to not get excited?

Forget 20-25 storys I'm imagining 50-60 storys

For a 300 bed hotel?

Qoasis777 · October 9th, 2011, 04:44 PM

josh you crack me up lol

which is the hotel on that render? i live in CP and cant wait to see the back of that nasty multi storey.

I hope with this scheme the plan is to open the link between centenary square and holliday street. It currently acts as a barrier in much the same was as the library when it really could be an extension of the city centre.

And talking of green spaces, the area in front of the Axis building with the trees is an oasis of green at the moment!!

ReissOmari · October 9th, 2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Qoasis777

josh you crack me up lol

which is the hotel on that render? i live in CP and cant wait to see the back of that nasty multi storey.

I hope with this scheme the plan is to open the link between centenary square and holliday street. It currently acts as a barrier in much the same was as the library when it really could be an extension of the city centre.

And talking of green spaces, the area in front of the Axis building with the trees is an oasis of green at the moment!!

You live in CP, meaning Crowne Plaza?

Erebus555 · October 9th, 2011, 05:09 PM

Centenary Plaza.

ReissOmari · October 9th, 2011, 05:23 PM

Oh okay, was almost there

sefton66 · October 9th, 2011, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Ecological

For a 300 bed hotel?

Yeah, it's gonna be 60 storeys with 5 rooms on each floor, it's gonna be a slimmer version of the rotunda but taller

Josh don't take this seriously...

Sandblast · October 9th, 2011, 08:51 PM

The Hyatt has 317 rooms ... if that's any indication .... probably not!!

joshwebb · October 9th, 2011, 09:27 PM

Haha maybe they will be huge rooms? Lool

Seriously tho I'd take 30 floors or is ten rooms per floor still to slim?

Brummyboy92 · October 9th, 2011, 09:32 PM

Wishfull thinking Joshy Boy, Im thinking 15-17 at the most.

joshwebb · October 9th, 2011, 10:12 PM

Why how wide are we looking at? Is it next to the v tower site?

Erebus555 · October 10th, 2011, 01:27 AM

Building tall means that it'll cost more, and when the Arena Central site is so large, they'll probably look to build more outwards than upwards. It'll still be a sizeable building.

SuttonBluenose · October 10th, 2011, 11:20 AM

15-20 storeys still looks tall in bham. You have to remember most other big cities are as flat as a pancake it terms of terrain-london, manchester, new york, paris etc. So buildings have to be more storeys to be taller than another building, but in bham, alike liverpool and newcastle, the terrain's inclines are all over the place (is that the right word) So you could be comparing a 10 storey and a 5 storey building and the 5 storey one being taller as it is on a hill.

Anyhow, the new Library looks monsterous, and that is what 8-9 storeys? it has dwarfed the REP and isn't far of Alpha tower height.

Erebus555 · October 10th, 2011, 01:57 PM

Yeh but the Library benefits from having enormous floor to ceiling heights. Hotels typically have quite low floor to ceiling heights.

Typhoon2000 · February 11th, 2012, 08:43 PM

guys, can I ask, what have they been doing with the old ATV/Central studios? i'd seen notices for auditions a little while back and only Monday (or Tuesday) the old bank had the lights on with people moving around inside.

There seems to be lots of activity on this site every now and again and I wonder if they actually still have production facilities installed in there.

joshwebb · February 11th, 2012, 10:27 PM

Don't know but when is this getting built?? Haha love it when someone else bumps a thread

djay · February 12th, 2012, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by joshwebb

Don't know but when is this getting built?? Haha love it when someone else bumps a thread

haven't you seen the trend yet... it is never getting built, at least not as we know it

joshwebb · February 12th, 2012, 12:43 PM

Why don't they say that then?

Erebus555 · February 12th, 2012, 08:07 PM

They've said that they're still intending to build the tower but only when market conditions improve, which could be whenever really.

brumwill · February 12th, 2012, 08:23 PM

It's kinda disappointing that the current short and medium term shows a shortage of quality office space in Birmingham, and if Arena Central don't get a move on, they are going to miss any pre-let opportunities to the plans for Paradise Circus. They don't have to build V-tower now, but just do something, at least start clearing the site :-(

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October 9th, 2011, 05:23 PM	#106
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October 10th, 2011, 01:27 AM	#112
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 30,877 Likes (Received): 4	Building tall means that it'll cost more, and when the Arena Central site is so large, they'll probably look to build more outwards than upwards. It'll still be a sizeable building. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

October 10th, 2011, 01:57 PM	#114
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 30,877 Likes (Received): 4	Yeh but the Library benefits from having enormous floor to ceiling heights. Hotels typically have quite low floor to ceiling heights. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

February 11th, 2012, 08:43 PM	#115
Typhoon2000 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Birmingham/Coventry Posts: 2,696 Likes (Received): 26	guys, can I ask, what have they been doing with the old ATV/Central studios? i'd seen notices for auditions a little while back and only Monday (or Tuesday) the old bank had the lights on with people moving around inside. There seems to be lots of activity on this site every now and again and I wonder if they actually still have production facilities installed in there. __________________ Call yourself an Architect?.. Listen, take my advice.. A building can ONLY come to life when there is life *around* it - not just in it.. think about it.... This is Birmingham... FORWARD!!!

October 9th, 2011, 04:44 PM	#103
Qoasis777 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 645 Likes (Received): 13	josh you crack me up lol which is the hotel on that render? i live in CP and cant wait to see the back of that nasty multi storey. I hope with this scheme the plan is to open the link between centenary square and holliday street. It currently acts as a barrier in much the same was as the library when it really could be an extension of the city centre. And talking of green spaces, the area in front of the Axis building with the trees is an oasis of green at the moment!!

October 9th, 2011, 08:51 PM	#108
Sandblast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: BIRMINGHAM ... in exile in the wilderness of rural Gloucestershire Posts: 2,865 Likes (Received): 4	The Hyatt has 317 rooms ... if that's any indication .... probably not!!

October 9th, 2011, 09:27 PM	#109
joshwebb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Birmingham/Crewe Posts: 1,612 Likes (Received): 6	Haha maybe they will be huge rooms? Lool Seriously tho I'd take 30 floors or is ten rooms per floor still to slim?

October 9th, 2011, 09:32 PM	#110
Brummyboy92 Brummy and proud Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham Posts: 4,017 Likes (Received): 13	Wishfull thinking Joshy Boy, Im thinking 15-17 at the most.

October 9th, 2011, 10:12 PM	#111
joshwebb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Birmingham/Crewe Posts: 1,612 Likes (Received): 6	Why how wide are we looking at? Is it next to the v tower site?

October 10th, 2011, 11:20 AM	#113
SuttonBluenose All Hail Carl Chinn Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Birmingham/Nottingham Posts: 1,495 Likes (Received): 5	15-20 storeys still looks tall in bham. You have to remember most other big cities are as flat as a pancake it terms of terrain-london, manchester, new york, paris etc. So buildings have to be more storeys to be taller than another building, but in bham, alike liverpool and newcastle, the terrain's inclines are all over the place (is that the right word) So you could be comparing a 10 storey and a 5 storey building and the 5 storey one being taller as it is on a hill. Anyhow, the new Library looks monsterous, and that is what 8-9 storeys? it has dwarfed the REP and isn't far of Alpha tower height.

February 11th, 2012, 10:27 PM	#116
joshwebb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Birmingham/Crewe Posts: 1,612 Likes (Received): 6	Don't know but when is this getting built?? Haha love it when someone else bumps a thread __________________ 0121

February 12th, 2012, 12:43 PM	#118
joshwebb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Birmingham/Crewe Posts: 1,612 Likes (Received): 6	Why don't they say that then? __________________ 0121

February 12th, 2012, 08:07 PM	#119
Erebus555 It's Sting. So What? Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 30,877 Likes (Received): 4	They've said that they're still intending to build the tower but only when market conditions improve, which could be whenever really. __________________ The UK Housing Wiki - Attempting to document every tower block, council estate, private estate, housing association, tower block construction/ demolition method, tower block architect, tower block construction company... etc etc, in the UK. Everything to do with postwar residences! - Please join and help! EREBUS - OFFICIAL MOD CANDIDATE 2011 - BRITISH MODS FOR BRITISH PEOPLE!

February 12th, 2012, 08:23 PM	#120
brumwill Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Birmingham Posts: 152 Likes (Received): 1	It's kinda disappointing that the current short and medium term shows a shortage of quality office space in Birmingham, and if Arena Central don't get a move on, they are going to miss any pre-let opportunities to the plans for Paradise Circus. They don't have to build V-tower now, but just do something, at least start clearing the site :-(

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