Birmingham office building refurbished to Grade A

A Birmingham Central Business District office building has been relaunched following an extensive refurbishment.

134 Edmund Street will offer a new reception and business lounge, gym, and communal roof terrace as well as being renamed as the Billiards Building, which pays tribute to the building’s former use as a factory for billiards tables, operated by Padmore & Sons.

Half of the 83,000 sq ft office space is already let, with 34,000 sq ft set to become available early next year, with Cat A and fitted floorplates ranging from 4,000-8,400 sq ft.

The Billiards Building is now powered by electricity, which has improved its EPC rating from E to A. This represents a 67% reduction in energy usage and will reduce the building’s carbon emissions by 52% a year, the equivalent annual carbon emissions of 93 petrol cars.

Its owner, property developer and investor Grosvenor, has a regional office portfolio comprising 500,000 sq ft of office space in the UK’s core cities, including Manchester, Bristol, Leeds, and Birmingham.

Fergus Evans, office portfolio director at Grosvenor said: “The relaunch of 134 Edmund Street as the Billiards Building shows how existing buildings can be refurbished to create Grade A office space.

“Our retrofit has significantly reduced the building’s annual carbon footprint and avoided the huge embodied carbon impact of replacing it with a new building. It now offers best in class facilities in a prime location at the heart of Birmingham’s CBD.

CBRE and JLL have been instructed as joint agents to market the office space.

Theo Holmes, senior director at CBRE said: “Billiards Building meets all the needs of the modern occupier, whether this be their focus on amenities, wellbeing, sustainability or quality. The flexible floor plates also enable the building to react to changing business needs, offering fully fitted and traditional solutions and a range of suite sizes for businesses to scale up.”