£350m Birmingham triple tower scheme approved

Developer Commercial Estates Group has secured planning for a triple tower scheme of over 1750 flats on the site of the vast curving Ringway Centre block on the southern boundary of Smallbrook Queensway in central Birmingham.Planners gave the go-ahead for a hybrid application consisting of detailed plans for a 48-storey tower, including a 9-storey podium, comprising 571 build to rent flats, and outline plans for two other towers rising to 44 and 56 storeys.The CEG scheme will also provide some space for food and drinks outlets, a spa, a cinema, a gym and a nightclub.Together the three towers are expected to cost around £350m to build, supporting 175 jobs over a 13-year phased construction programme.Demolition contractor Wring Group is in the frame to demolish the famous curving brutalist Ringway Centre built by Laing in 1962.Initial demolition works will clear the first two-thirds of the Ringway Centre building clearing the way for the first phase of the scheme which will see SBQ plot one built.