The No1 City Locks development will see student accommodation and retail facilities integrated with a rejuvenated section of Birmingham’s canal network, providing amenities to support the university’s expanding city centre presence.
The project has been developed by specialist student housing company Alumno Developments. It will house 659 students and is scheduled for completion by August 2016. The development is near the Bullring shopping centre in the city centre. The previously derelict site runs alongside the Digbeth Branch Canal and forms part of the city council’s Eastside Regeneration project
Birmingham City University’s campus already includes The Parkside Building, opened in 2013, The Curzon Building, opening this year, and a sizable presence in Millennium Point. Plans have also been submitted for a new £35m Conservatoire, set to start on site this summer and open to students and the public in 2017.
Plans for the No1 City Locks development, designed by Glenn Howell Architects, includes a ground floor with retail space and business enterprise units for student residents, graduates and the local community. DBK is providing project management, employer’s agent and CDMC services.
Birmingham City University vice chancellor Cliff Allan said: “This project with Alumno Developments is the next stage in the continuing transformation of both our campus and the Eastside of the UK’s second city.
“With the new Curzon Building set to open this year and plans advancing for a superb new Conservatoire, this is a thoroughly exciting time to be part of Birmingham City University.”
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