Brindleyplace
In addition to shops, bars and restaurants, Brindleyplace is home to the National Sea Life Centre, Royal Bank of Scotland, Orion Media, Ikon Gallery of art and the Crescent Theatre.
The National Indoor Arena, Old Turn Junction and bars of Broad Street are nearby and it is easily accessible and within walking distance of the main bus, metro (tram) and rail routes.
Birmingham City Council's aim was to create an environment of water features, walkways and new office and leisure buildings, that would open out onto the adjacent canal.
The council were also seeing success with the construction of the International Convention Centre with the Symphony Hall, and the National Indoor Arena.
A development brief was drawn up, identifying the site as an area to attract people to complement the convention centre.
Argent slightly amended the plans by separating the residential element from the rest of the scheme and commencing construction of the Water's Edge first, along with an office building.
[4] Buildings One, Two, Four and Six Brindleyplace together with the Hilton Garden Inn were all built by Carillion, as was the conversion of the Ikon Gallery from a Victorian school.
[7] One Brindleyplace is a six-storey office building fronting onto central square and is occupied by Deutsche Bank, GVA Grimley and Savills.
The headquarters of the Birmingham Organising Committee of the 2022 Commonwealth Games are also located in One Brindleyplace and has taken up the 73,000 sq ft (6,800 m2), five-floor office until December 2022.
Three Brindleyplace is occupied by Avison Young (Commercial Property Advisers), Towers Watson and Landmark Space.
Four Brindleyplace consists of 114,000 sq ft (10,600 m2) of office space with a bank, restaurant and bar on the ground floor.
Caffe Nero Deloitte & Touche, Michael Page, Mercer Human Resource Consulting and Perceptive Informatics are all tenants in the building.
[12] Argent worked with BT to provide 'green' features such as an upflow air conditioning system with heat recovery, openable windows and energy saving lighting and controls.
PLACES Birmingham Residential Lettings and Sales agent occupy the central ground floor office space.
Six Brindleyplace provides 92,000 sq ft (8,500 m2) of office space as well as offering to retail units that look over Oozells Square.
It provides 92,000 sq ft (8,500 m2) of office space, situated below 35 fully serviced apartments, in addition to ground-floor retail and restaurant units.
Glamalco installed a variety of Kawneer's precision-engineered curtain walling and window products throughout the building in a partnering contract with Argent valued at approximately £1.1 million.
A planning application for the final phase of the development at Eleven Brindleyplace, Brunswick Square,[20] was submitted in September 2006.
The distinctive glazed façade to Eleven Brindleyplace is now a feature of the development and was designed by CJN Consulting Engineers Ltd. [1] Construction commenced in February 2007 and the office building was topped out in May 2008.
Tenants include Capita Symonds, Friend LLP, Robert Walters, the West Midlands headquarters of the Institute of Directors, Hettle Andrews, Cohort Software, Argent and Colliers International and Global Radio with stations Heart West Midlands and Capital Birmingham.
The building contains 60,000 m2 (650,000 sq ft) of retail space along a canalside location, opposite the International Convention Centre.
[24] Restaurants and Cafes located along Water's Edge include Café Rouge, Carluccio's, Pizza Express, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Slug and Lettuce and Wagamama.
Symphony Court, developed by Crosby Homes, is located on a triangle shaped site across the Brindley Loop Canal.
Central Square consists of a 90 m (300 ft) tree-lined area which is able to accommodate open-air performing arts events,[27] such as ArtsFest which is held there annually.
Made of bronze and phosphor, the sculpture was the winning entry in a competition conducted by Brindleyplace plc in conjunction with the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
When the scheme was opened, Argent believed that if the development was broken up and sold off separately, the public realm would be neglected.
The buildings included in the deal were Three to Six and Nine Brindleyplace, Costa Coffee, Ikon Gallery, Crescent Theatre and the multi-storey car park.
