Revised plans for Exchange Square promises ‘landmark development’

The developer behind the Exchange Square scheme in Birmingham is drawing up revised plans to make the second phase of the project taller than originally planned.

Phase 2 of Exchange Square in the city centre is the final phase of Nikal’s £350m Masshouse project.

Planning consent is in place for 223 apartments. Nikal says it is working on new proposals to be submitted in early 2019 that will create a “high profile landmark development” opposite the planned HS2 station at Curzon Street.

Initial plans were for two blocks of 16 and nine storeys, but a year ago Nikal released images for a 46 and seven-storey development.

Nikal managing director Nick Payne said: “Our thinking around the revised proposals for Phase 2 Exchange Square are inspired by a desire to produce a landmark development that will announce to those travelling by HS2 that they have arrived in ‘Britain’s Second City’.

“We also want to produce a scheme that will complement the three residential towers under construction as part of the new urban village at Phase 1 Exchange Square, the tallest of which is 27-storeys.”

“The Birmingham skyline is undergoing an exciting transformation and we feel its ready to accommodate statement structures that flagpost this progress,” he added.

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