Developer Cordia Blackswan has put forward plans for a 50-story build-to-rent tower in Birmingham.
The proposed “low-carbon” development and public realm is planned for a site in Southside, a district in Birmingham’s city center which contains its Gay Village and Chinese Quarter. Its name, Chung Ying Plaza, reflects a Cantonese restaurant currently by the site.
The tower was designed in-house at Cordia Blackswan, with its head of design Alexa Woodward, formerly of Glancy Nicholls Architects, and Gabor Kovac leading the project. K4 Architects has also been involved in the design.
Cordia Blackswan has claimed the tower would be the tallest in Birmingham. However, at 170 meters it would be shorter than Glancy Nicholl’s approved design for a 193-meter residential skyscraper at 100 Broad Street and Associated Architects’ plans for a 173 meter tower at Dartmouth Circus.
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