Major logistics unit at Birmingham’s Star City gets go ahead

Quadrant has secured planning permission for a new 100,000 sq ft logistics unit at Star City, its 410,000 sq ft leisure led mixed use complex in Birmingham.

A planning committee voted unanimously in favour of the scheme.

The newly granted planning consent allows for part of the 23 acre site fronting the M6 motorway and some of Star City’s existing leisure space to be replaced with a new industrial shed.

Permission has also already recently been granted for a new 4,000 sq ft drive-thru restaurant in the car park.

Since purchasing Star City in late 2016, Quadrant has overhalued the scheme with a re-branding and repurposing of key areas.

Long term leases with the two top trading anchor tenants Vue and Tenpin have been re-geared, while new tenants include third anchor Gravity entertainment and Costa Coffee as part of a newly built pod development.

Quadrant has also recently obtained planning consent for a 39,000 sq ft electric go-karting track as a fourth and final leisure anchor.

John Maddison, partner at Quadrant, said: “Securing planning for this significant new industrial development at Star City will bring much-needed new employment space to the market in central Birmingham, contributing to the area’s continued and phenomenal growth. Star City is among Birmingham’s most attractive leisure led mixed use destinations, and despite having to navigate COVID, the asset management initiatives we have deployed in recent years will ensure it remains a leading destination now and long into the future, benefiting both Birmingham’s economy and the local community.”