What’s New in the Jewellery Quarter? This past month has stemmed a lot of new places opening within the Jewellery Quarter so we thought we would compile a list of them all so you can tick off which of them you have been to so far and which you intend to go to very soon.…
A new boutique hotel is set to make its debut in the Jewellery Quarter this March! This quaint and quirky addition to the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, named Saint Paul’s House, already has its sign up above The Rope Walk pub at St Paul’s Square. The hotel will have 31 bedrooms along with an outdoor terrace,…
The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter has become the latest district to call for its own city council ward. Proposals have been released to merge Birmingham’s gem and Winson Green districts into one city council ward, however, another plan is in the mix for the Quarter to have its own city council ward.
Albion Works, the trio of buildings in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter have been sold for £3 million! The buildings are set to be converted into residential accommodation. The properties are Victoria Mansions in Hall Street, Albion Court in Frederick Street and the Squirrel Works in Regent Place – all covering over 50,000 sq ft…
Well, not technically but we can promise you it’s just as brilliant! There are three landmarks in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter that have been endangered for some time have been granted over £3 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Assay Office Birmingham has partnered up with Birmingham City University to announce a prospective collaboration for an educational hub in the heart of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter. BCU’s department of gemmology is set to be relocation to the new Assay Office Birmingham building located at 1 Moreton Street. This will allow further development of…
Further plans have been lodged into place in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter and, you guessed it, it’s an additional complex of new flats to join two other schemes. The new plans are to build just shy of 100 flats in a Quarter street – making it the third residential project to be proposed this year…
The second phase of the Quarter’s regeneration project is soon to be in motion. Consultation on Great Charles Place, which is set to be built on Ludgate Hill Car Park and is confirmed to contain 320 apartments, office spaces and leisure space along with office units. CGI images have been released following the public consultation…
Edgbaston investor, Parcap Investments, has taken an interesting in the Chamberlain Building. The three-storey retail and office building has fallen under new ownership with Parcap Investments, who bought from MCD Developments. Chamberlain Building can be seen at 36 Frederick Street, adjacent to the Quarter’s own Chamberlain Clock. Built in the 1950s, the building has seen…
An old car park on the fringe of the Jewellery Quarter is set to be developed into an apartment complex. The car park, also known to called the ‘bomb site’, will be integrated into the Great Charles Square scheme, in Ludgate Hill on the edge of the Jewellery Quarter. Long Harbour, based in London…