Plans submitted to build 42-storey tower above historic Birmingham building

By Jim Dunton2024-03-11T13:18:00

Glassworks proposals from Marrons cite Australian and Canadian schemes as precedents

Design, planning and development consultancy Marrons has drawn up proposals to construct a 42-storey build-to-rent tower above a grade II-listed former hospital in Birmingham.

Its designs for 80 Broad Street, which hosted the Zara’s restaurant and nightclub until 2020 and was previously a branch of the Old Orleans restaurant chain, would deliver 300 new homes.

Marrons’ proposals for developer HJB Investments would also provide 1,117sq m of community and retail space at the site, including a fifth-floor cafe and internal viewing area. Additionally, there will be a communal roof terrace for residents.

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