Bruntwood, Thomas Vale Construction and Trebor Developments/Hortons Estate consortium have been selected from 80 initial expressions of interest received. The joint venture partner will be chosen this summer and a planning application will then be prepared.
The site is next to the Park’s Faraday Wharf building, off the A38 Aston Expressway. The Digital Plaza plan is for a total gross area of over 100,000 sq ft within four buildings. The first building will be a ’high-tech business incubation centre’ to be named iCentrumTM.
Subject to planning, construction work could commence speculatively on the iCentrum building - which is expected to be 40,000 sq ft – before the end of the year.
BSPA is wholly owned by Birmingham City Council. Council leader Mike Whitby, chairman of the Park, said: “The Park already enjoys an international profile, and the Digital Plaza with the new iCentrum building will create a science park fit for 2020 and beyond here in the heart of Birmingham. I am delighted that the plans are progressing so well and that a joint venture partner will be announced in the coming months.”
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