Exclusive new restaurants set for £30m Wragges office redevelopment

Up-market restaurants are set to be incorporated into the £30m redevelopment of the former offices of law firm Wragge & Co, developers have revealed.IM Properties, which is carrying out the refurbishment, said it would be introducing two new units into the lower ground floor of 55 Colmore Row.The new restaurants are expected to considerably enhance dining facilities in the Colmore Business District, which were already set for the lift with the refurbishment to the Grand Hotel.The restaurant scheme stretches to some 15,000 sq ft. The space is set to be sub-divided into a maximum of three units, with dedicated entrances on Colmore Row, Church Street and Barwick Street, where the rear elevation will be replaced with a stunning full height glazed façade.Specialist retail and leisure agents, BWD have been appointed by IM Properties to find suitable operators to take the space.Situated on the corner of Colmore Row and Church Street, 55 Colmore Row is one of Birmingham’s most prominently positioned and widely recognised business addresses, with a Grade II listed Victorian terrace façade overlooking St Philip’s Cathedral.The comprehensive £30m redevelopment will also provide 160,000 sq ft of high quality, Grade A offices.Alongside the development of the new restaurant units and replacement of the rear elevation, IM Properties’ extensive programme of works includes the creation of three new floors to the top of the building, offering panoramic views across the grounds of the adjacent St Philip’s Cathedral and the wider city core.This is alongside the reconfiguring of the internal spaces and the creation of open-plan, Grade A offices on floorplate ranging from 16,000 sq ft to 24,000 sq ft.The building will provide the largest and most prominent level of high quality office accommodation to be delivered in the city centre when the extensive programme of works completes in autumn 2016, combining the building’s interior and exterior heritage with flexible and contemporary office space over six floors.