Rich List 2018: No.32= – Peter Horton and family

Rich List 2018: No.32= - Peter Horton and family

Sir Peter Horton Construction 2018: No.32= – £160m 2017: No.29 – £155m Hortons’ Estate has been celebrating 125 years in business. The company traces its roots back to the1870s when Peter Horton’s great, great, great grandfather developed the Midland Hotel in Birmingham city centre. Now Birmingham’s historic Grand Hotel […] Click here to view original…

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Paradise Circus Queensway – weekend closures

Paradise Circus Queensway – weekend closures

Paradise Birmingham which borders the Jewellery Quarter area is to be transformed into a vibrant mixed use development of commercial, civic, retail, leisure and hotel space, providing major improvements to pedestrian access and greatly enhanced public realm befitting this exemplary historic setting. Paradise will be one of the biggest […] Click here to view original…

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Friday Photo- Summer Row

Friday Photo- Summer Row

Today’s Friday Photo is of Summer Row! If you transport yourself back to 15th-century Birmingham, you would instantly see fields and woodland- a little different from 21st-century Birmingham, and this street was actually called New Road. This area of Birmingham was part of the Colmore family estate, which extended […] Click here to view original…

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Mayor of West Midlands Breaks Ground at Newhall Square Development

MAYOR OF WEST MIDLANDS BREAKS GROUND AT NEWHALL SQUARE DEVELOPMENT

Spitfire Urbane, together with Legal & General, announce that work is now officially underway at Newhall Square, a new £53m Build to Rent (BTR) project in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. To celebrate the start on site, a ground-breaking ceremony took place on 7 December 2017. The event […] Click here to view original web page at…

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Winvic ready to go at Newhall Square

Winvic ready to go at Newhall Square

Winvic Construction starts work on site next week on a £53m private rented sector development in Birmingham. Newhall Square is being developed from an old factory in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter Winvic Construction has been working alongside developer Spitfire Bespoke Homes on the Newhall Square development for several months and […] Click here to view original…

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Christmas in the Jewellery Quarter

Christmas in the Jewellery Quarter – come and visit us for shopping, food and drink!

The Jewellery Quarter is set to come alive this Christmas with plenty of activities for everyone! CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON Kickstarting the festive season on Friday 17th November will be the Jewellery Quarter BID’s annual Christmas Light Switch on and fireworks display. The event starts at 5pm on the […] CHRISTMAS PARTIES There are lots…

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Building Brum: Trading Places

Building Brum: Trading Places

GNA were thrilled to play hosts to the Building Brum: Trading Places event on 28 th September, which was held at our head office in Newhall Square, Birmingham. The evening focussed around the theme of conservation and heritage; something that is of great importance to the practice, being housed […] Click here to view original…

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Newhall Square Development – Closer to Sign Off

Newhall Square Development – Closer to Sign Off

Charlotte Street (Image: Associated Architects) Proposals to construct 220 high-end apartments in Newhall Square could get the go-ahead on Thursday 31st August, subject to a funding agreement between the developer, Spitfire Bespoke Homes (SBH) and the city council. SBH, the residential arm of IM Properties, previously applied for planning […] Click here to view original…

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Major land deal for Jewellery Quarter regeneration

Major land deal for Jewellery Quarter regeneration

Developers have bought the AE Harris factory in Northwood Street The home of a historic Jewellery Quarter manufacturer is set to be transformed into a new mixed-use complex. AE Harris will move from its current home in Northwood Street, where it has been based since 1964, after which the […] Click here to view original…

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