Urban Vision has secured planning consent for the Hundred, a 33-storey build-to-rent development providing 294 homes in Birmingham.
The scheme at 100 Broad Street will be a sustainable development, designed to be a “smart” building that is all-electric and uses innovative technology to help drive efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint and occupational costs of its users.
The plans include co-working spaces and communal lounges, rooftop gardens, as well as opportunities for independent shops, cafés or restaurants at street level.
100 Broad Street has a prior successful planning application for 61-storey residential building approved in 2019, but this was found to be undeliverable so never progressed.
Urban Splash was advised by Howells.
Mark Owen, director at Urban Vision, said: “The Hundred is a fantastic opportunity to deliver one of Birmingham’s most sustainable buildings, which adds real value to the city and its skyline. We want to deliver a development that will set the standard for tall buildings in Birmingham, but also draw on the city’s heritage.
“As an underutilised brownfield site, this is an opportunity to support the wider regeneration of the area – driving local growth, creating a new community and creating jobs. It is important we get this right and deliver.
“Our proposals are deliverable, and we now have planning consent and so construction can begin as soon as practically possible.”
Robert King, director at Howells, which advised Urban Vision, added: “This project has challenged us to look again and question the blueprint for efficient tall building designs. The stepped form has created an opportunity to explore a unique, sustainable approach to high-rise living and integrates new regulations and construction techniques.
“The Hundred pays reference to Birmingham’s architectural modernist past while looking to the future to create a building that is more Birmingham, less anywhere.”
Image from Urban Vision
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