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***RalphGuy*** · May 18th, 2015, 01:22 AM

I`m dying to know which site it is.

Hopefully, it`s Exchange Square.

Hopefully, it`s a thousand units.

Hopefully, it`ll start by 2016.

Hopefully, it`ll kickstart more PRS in Birmingham.

BlackCountryAl · May 18th, 2015, 02:10 AM

I'd hope it is a new scheme somewhere that doesn't already have something planned for it. Exchange Square will happen eventually before HS2 arrives.

Is the Mclaren building being converted to residential as part of Exchange Square? It needs that horrid brown cladding replaced. Birmingham said there would be 5 towers on the proposals thread. 5 new, or 4 and Mclaren?

***RalphGuy*** · May 18th, 2015, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackCountryAl

I'd hope it is a new scheme somewhere that doesn't already have something planned for it. Exchange Square will happen eventually before HS2 arrives.

Is the Mclaren building being converted to residential as part of Exchange Square? It needs that horrid brown cladding replaced. Birmingham said there would be 5 towers on the proposals thread. 5 new, or 4 and Mclaren?

I see where you`re coming from BC Al but think of the other schemes that were promised and then bit the dust. It`d be good to see Exchange Square built in the near future before it gets watered down to a pair of semis and a row of townhouses!!!!

I thought it was four new residential towers only and had no idea that the McLaren tower was to be included in the site. Either way, it`d be good to see it get a reclad of some sort. It`d be great in fact. Maybe upgraded to Grade A office space or converted to a hotel.

Perhaps though, Moda could be looking at a site that has been mentioned by someone else that is close to Holloway Head or even at St Lukes. There were plans in 2011/12 for approximately four hundred private rental properties somewhere in the St Lukes site but it never came off.

annabarbosa · May 18th, 2015, 02:41 AM

thanks,,,

BlackCountryAl · May 18th, 2015, 02:54 AM

Being on the doorstep of HS2, there is less chance of this being watered down, with Martineau Galleries now to be offices, you can't live much closer to the station than here.

I'd like to see development of the old car park behind the library. A 40 storey tower here to add to the density of AC and PC, or ACPC as they are known collectively.

***RalphGuy*** · May 18th, 2015, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackCountryAl

Being on the doorstep of HS2, there is less chance of this being watered down, with Martineau Galleries now to be offices, you can't live much closer to the station than here.

I'd like to see development of the old car park behind the library. A 40 storey tower here to add to the density of AC and PC, or ACPC as they are known collectively.

We don`t know Martineau Galleries is to be offices though. I`m still hoping for a quality retail offer there.

Yeah, the old car park would be a good place for a substantial tower.

***RalphGuy*** · May 18th, 2015, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by annabarbosa

thanks,,,

Hello

and welcome annabarbosa but you`ve got me curious....thanks for what?

Biosonic · May 18th, 2015, 10:00 AM

My guess is it's an existing scheme.

joshwebb · May 18th, 2015, 11:37 AM

I hope it's a new scheme and I hope it breaks the barrier.

djay · May 18th, 2015, 11:58 AM

Didn't the Council just have an application for a private rented housing development by Barclay Card Arena???

Maybe they will take that site. It seems the most logical as planning if i remember is approved, the Council won't have to run the site and will gain some money in the lease or sale of the land.

rafter1 · May 18th, 2015, 12:28 PM

I would love to see that rusty red cage demolished and see the tower built there, which I estimate to be approximately the centre of the city centre.

joshwebb · May 18th, 2015, 01:27 PM

We do love getting ahead of ourselves.

brum2003 · May 18th, 2015, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RalphGuy

Er, do I detect a sardonic sense of humour or just sheer frustration?

Or both?

That would be both 😇

sefton66 · May 18th, 2015, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djay

Didn't the Council just have an application for a private rented housing development by Barclay Card Arena???

Maybe they will take that site. It seems the most logical as planning if i remember is approved, the Council won't have to run the site and will gain some money in the lease or sale of the land.

That site will be developed by the council, they've set up a new department to get a portfolio of prs schemes built and then ee invest the money made in future schemes

sefton66 · May 18th, 2015, 08:36 PM

Holloway circus/smallbrook wueensway remaining corner?

djay · May 18th, 2015, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sefton66

That site will be developed by the council, they've set up a new department to get a portfolio of prs schemes built and then ee invest the money made in future schemes

I know that was the initial plan, just seems convenient that once planning permission was granted, here comes a service provider looking for a site....

joshwebb · May 18th, 2015, 11:48 PM

Seeing as the Manchester tower will be 36 storeys and the liverpool tower will be 40 storeys should we presume something around 45 storeys and then the south east tower to be about 50 storeys? I bet it will be in London.

Sandblast · May 19th, 2015, 12:12 AM

I think it will be something to do with Eastside ... possibly the HS2 station.

***RalphGuy*** · May 19th, 2015, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshwebb

Seeing as the Manchester tower will be 36 storeys and the liverpool tower will be 40 storeys should we presume something around 45 storeys and then the south east tower to be about 50 storeys? I bet it will be in London.

4.5 storeys is more like it.

BlackCountryAl · May 19th, 2015, 01:49 AM

Well if you go on pre recession proposals, we generally had taller than the north, plus Beetham in Birmingham should have been the tallest outside of London before it was downscaled.

The recession has turned the tables in Manchester's favour, plus the added bonus of the Northern powerhouse in the future, hopefully HS2 can bring us on a par with them. Greater Birmingham could be left behind or even grow to be bigger than Greater Manchester from in between London and the Northern Powerhouse. Albert Bore needs to rally the troops so we can build the West Midlands into a powerhouse of our own.

We'll still beat them on large office towers in the near future. And you'd think we would have a taller tower than Liverpool's in any case.

May 18th, 2015, 10:00 AM	#28
Biosonic Second Citizen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 16,937 Likes (Received): 573	My guess is it's an existing scheme. __________________ Birmingham.Brilliance

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djay The promised land Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 15,251 Likes (Received): 2746	Didn't the Council just have an application for a private rented housing development by Barclay Card Arena??? Maybe they will take that site. It seems the most logical as planning if i remember is approved, the Council won't have to run the site and will gain some money in the lease or sale of the land. __________________ If I ain't the one I'm the prototype

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May 18th, 2015, 01:22 AM	#21
*RalphGuy* Moderator Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Birmingham Posts: 9,337 Likes (Received): 5210	I`m dying to know which site it is. Hopefully, it`s Exchange Square. Hopefully, it`s a thousand units. Hopefully, it`ll start by 2016. Hopefully, it`ll kickstart more PRS in Birmingham.

May 18th, 2015, 02:10 AM	#22
BlackCountryAl Yam Yam Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,115 Likes (Received): 2115	I'd hope it is a new scheme somewhere that doesn't already have something planned for it. Exchange Square will happen eventually before HS2 arrives. Is the Mclaren building being converted to residential as part of Exchange Square? It needs that horrid brown cladding replaced. Birmingham said there would be 5 towers on the proposals thread. 5 new, or 4 and Mclaren?

May 18th, 2015, 02:41 AM	#24
annabarbosa Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 10 Likes (Received): 1	thanks,,,

May 18th, 2015, 02:54 AM	#25
BlackCountryAl Yam Yam Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,115 Likes (Received): 2115	Being on the doorstep of HS2, there is less chance of this being watered down, with Martineau Galleries now to be offices, you can't live much closer to the station than here. I'd like to see development of the old car park behind the library. A 40 storey tower here to add to the density of AC and PC, or ACPC as they are known collectively.

May 18th, 2015, 11:37 AM	#29
joshwebb User Registered Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Birmingham/Crewe Posts: 3,342 Likes (Received): 789	I hope it's a new scheme and I hope it breaks the barrier.

May 18th, 2015, 12:28 PM	#31
rafter1 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 305 Likes (Received): 64	I would love to see that rusty red cage demolished and see the tower built there, which I estimate to be approximately the centre of the city centre.

May 18th, 2015, 08:36 PM	#35
sefton66 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Birmingham Posts: 25,965 Likes (Received): 8268	Holloway circus/smallbrook wueensway remaining corner?

May 18th, 2015, 11:48 PM	#37
joshwebb User Registered Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Birmingham/Crewe Posts: 3,342 Likes (Received): 789	Seeing as the Manchester tower will be 36 storeys and the liverpool tower will be 40 storeys should we presume something around 45 storeys and then the south east tower to be about 50 storeys? I bet it will be in London.

May 19th, 2015, 12:12 AM	#38
Sandblast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10,801 Likes (Received): 4505	I think it will be something to do with Eastside ... possibly the HS2 station.

May 19th, 2015, 01:49 AM	#40
BlackCountryAl Yam Yam Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,115 Likes (Received): 2115	Well if you go on pre recession proposals, we generally had taller than the north, plus Beetham in Birmingham should have been the tallest outside of London before it was downscaled. The recession has turned the tables in Manchester's favour, plus the added bonus of the Northern powerhouse in the future, hopefully HS2 can bring us on a par with them. Greater Birmingham could be left behind or even grow to be bigger than Greater Manchester from in between London and the Northern Powerhouse. Albert Bore needs to rally the troops so we can build the West Midlands into a powerhouse of our own. We'll still beat them on large office towers in the near future. And you'd think we would have a taller tower than Liverpool's in any case.