New hotel planned as part of the Arena Central scheme

A PLANNING application has been put in to redevelop part of the Arena Central site in central Birmingham.
Centre Island Birmingham wants to build a 210-bedroom Holiday Inn Express hotel on the site adjoining the Crowne Plaza hotel fronting Holliday Street. It is the location of the old ATV/Central TV studios.
Arena Central is a 7.6 acre regeneration site which has outline planning permission for 2.3m sq ft of mixed use development, including 800,000 sq ft of office accommodation.