CORTLAND BROAD STREET (PHASE I)

The Square, Broad Street, Birmingham

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PROJECT TEAM:

Partners: Cortland Build UK, Harrison Street

Architects: Corstorphine & Wright, Weddles

Principal Designer: Construction CDM

Quantity Surveyor: WT Partnership

Structural & Civil Engineer/ Services: Tier Consult/ Vitec Group

Groundworks, Drainage & Concrete Frame: Stephenson Group

Principal Contractor: The RG Group

Planning Consultant: Delta Planning

Funding: Cortland, Harrison Street, AllianceBernstein

Marketing: Knight Frank

Planning Application Number: 2020/03701/PA

Targeted Completion: Q3 2024

 

CORTLAND BROAD STREET, PHASE I @ 'THE SQUARE'.

Cortland Broad Street (Phase I) has seen the delivery of a brand new build to rent tower for Broad Street.

Rising to 35-storeys, with a six-storey shoulder, Cortland contains 440 one- and two-bedroom apartments (1-4 persons) and has been delivered for US BTR giant Cortland and their partner Harrison Street.

With more than 12K SF of amenities to choose from, facilities include a large, landscaped courtyard with a running track, a gym, cinema, workspaces, lounges, dining areas, a bouldering wall, a roof terrace, and a tenants club at the towers peak.

Phase II, which is wholly dependent on a hotel occupier, has consent for an 8-storey, 229-bed mid-range hotel with commercial facilities and a generous courtyard.

CORTLAND BROAD STREET PROGRESS:

October 2021 - Demolition has been completed with construction imminent.

Drone image from Stephen Giles.

A piling rig is on-site, signalling that construction is now underway on the first phase. 440 build-to-rent (BTR) apartments will be delivered for Cortland UK, part of US BTR giant, Cortland Group, in partnership with Harrison Street.

January 2022 - The crane is in the process of being installed.

Foundations complete, ready for the core next.

The core riseth!

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles.

February -

The first columns of the main structure are starting to be installed.

The core rises a little.

March -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

April -

Photography by Daniel Sturley

May -

June -

July -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles

August -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles.

October -

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles.

November -

December -

Taken from the Toposcope atop Beacon Hill in the Lickey Hills Country Park, about 7 mile to the south-west.

Photography by Daniel Sturley.

Photography by Stephen Giles.

January 2023 -

9th January 2023. Photography by Daniel Sturley.

January 2024 -

Photography by Stephen Giles.

February 2024 -

4th Febrnuary 2023. Photography by Daniel Sturley.

There are now nearly 500 photos of the construction of this building which can be seen in reverse date order in the full gallery here: The Square, Broad Street - Full Construction Photo Gallery.