Plans for new Birmingham hotel and ’boutique hostel’ revealed

Plans to turn an office building in Birmingham city centre into a hotel and boutique hostel have been lodged with the City Council.

Prosperity Capital, the developer behind the Globe Works scheme in Birmingham’s Gun Quarter, wants to transform St James House at 17 Horse Fair and add three floors to the building which sits above the O2 Academy.

If redeveloped, the building would be home to 94 serviced aparthotel and 64 boutique hostel units in a scheme designed by Cartwright Pickard. Levels 3-6 will be used for the hostel, whole 7-11 will be serviced apartment suites.

The proposals include provisions to “acoustically separate” the upper storeys of St James House from the O2 Academy.

St James House had recently been granted planning permission to be changed into 70 apartments.