Birmingham City Council has approved plans for a student accommodation scheme in the city centre.
The scheme, at Maple House, 150 Corporation Street, which is being delivered by asset manager Linden Hill Capital Management, involves a major retrofit that will see the existing five-storey structure extended to 10 storeys to provide 383 student rooms.
Facilities will include 164 bike spaces and a retained basement car park, with other amenities including study areas, communal dining hall, games room and gym.
Maple House is a 62,500 sq ft office building originally built in the 1960s and significantly reworked in the 1990s, which includes some ground-floor retail.
Lambert Smith Hampton provided planning and public consultation services focused on the reworking of Maple House.
Antony Harding, director in LSH’s planning, regeneration and infrastructure team, said: “This is a major step forward in terms of addressing the current undersupply of quality student accommodation, at a location providing the benefits of city living while also being closely connected to further and higher education facilities.
“We are pleased to have played our part in establishing what is a ‘solid’ commercial consent for the client – delegated approval, no section 106 or CIL and efficient use of conditions – which proves the investment potential for the building’s much-needed revitalisation.”
Image from Linden Hill Capital Management
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