{"id":642644,"date":"2023-04-28T22:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T03:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/birmingham-council-approves-plans-for-citys-tallest-tower\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T22:06:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T03:06:01","slug":"birmingham-council-approves-plans-for-citys-tallest-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/birmingham-council-approves-plans-for-citys-tallest-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham council approves plans for city\u2019s tallest tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/04\/curzon-wharf-Credit-Urban3D.jpg\"   alt=\"curzon-wharf-Credit-Urban3D.jpg\">        <\/p>\n<p>CGI of Curzon Wharf. CREDIT: Urban3D<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Birmingham City Council has approved plans for a 172m, 53-storey build-to-rent tower scheme, which is set to become the city\u2019s tallest building.<\/p>\n<p>The project team also claims that the \u00a3360m Curzon Wharf scheme will also be one of the world\u2019s first net-zero-carbon skyscrapers, according to <em>Construction News\u2019<\/em> sister magazine <em>Architects\u2019 Journal<\/em>, which first reported the planning approval.<\/p>\n<p>The main 498-flat tower will be joined by three other buildings, standing at 41, 14 and 9 storeys, as part of the 92,300-square-metre development.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposals, which have been six years in the planning, the 41-storey tower will contain 732 student homes, while the 14-storey building will have 122 homes \u2013 down from the 265 co-living homes proposed when the plans were first revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The separate nine-storey building will contain 12,000 square metres of office and life-science-research space.<\/p>\n<p>The Curzon Wharf scheme will sit on a site by Dartmouth Circus, part of Birmingham\u2019s ring road to the north of the city\u2019s centre. The site is currently home to 1960s warehouses and is near the forthcoming HS2 Curzon Street Station.<\/p>\n<p>Developer Woodbourne Group has consistently claimed the scheme will be \u201cnet-zero carbon\u201d, previously stating that \u201cscience is now showing with alarming clarity how quickly we are running out of time to avoid catastrophic and irreversible changes to the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Woodbourne Group chief executive Tani Dulay said: \u201cWe\u2019ve worked hard to reach this point and it is incredibly satisfying to stand on the brink of delivering such a world-class development for a city I\u2019m proud to call home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe need to help power the economic recovery by facilitating investment, creating jobs and acting as a catalyst to further success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When built, the 172m tower will be the tallest in Birmingham. The tallest is currently the 130m Beetham Tower, although the Octago \u00a0\u2013 currently under construction by Midgard for City Developments Limited \u2013 will be 155m tall.<\/p>\n<p>A timescale for the construction of Curzon Wharf is not yet known.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Related articles<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/birmingham-council-approves-plans-for-citys-tallest-tower-28-04-2023\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Richard Waite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CGI of Curzon Wharf. CREDIT: Urban3D Birmingham City Council has approved plans for a 172m, 53-storey build-to-rent tower scheme, which is set to become the city\u2019s tallest building. The project team also claims that the \u00a3360m Curzon Wharf scheme will also be one of the world\u2019s first net-zero-carbon skyscrapers, according to Construction News\u2019 sister magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":642645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32682,27471],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-642644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"category-council"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}