Centred in Centenary Square, is the new library designed to embrace the links to the Jewellery Quarter with the filigree cladding. The ground floor is shared with the Rep Theatre next door.
The Repertory Theatre (The Rep)
Arena Central
In the video it pans across to HSBC building forming part of Arena Central.
How significant is that to the economic viability of the City and attracting other businesses?
Now we move into Paradise Circus, a redevelopment by Argents (developers of Brindley Place, Birmingham and Kings Cross, London) into Victoria Square.
Paradise Circus
From Victoria Square with all its grand buildings walk along New Street, Birmingham’s High Street. At the end of the street is The Bullring Shopping Centre.
This will take you past one of the entrances to Grand Central and New Street station (between Apple Store and HSBC). See how Apple Store has converted a very grand Victorian building formerly a banking hall. Look at the type of tenants in New Street.
The Bullring Shopping Centre
The Bull Ring is a major commercial area of Birmingham. It has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages, when its market was first held. Two shopping centres have been built in the area; in the 1960s, and then in 2003; the latter is styled as one word, Bullring.
The site is located on the edge of the sandstone city ridge which results in the steep gradient towards Digbeth. The slope drops approximately 15 metres (49 ft) from New Street to St Martin’s Church.
The current shopping centre was the busiest in the United Kingdom in 2004 with 36.5 million visitors. It houses one of only four Selfridges department stores, the fourth largest Debenhams and Forever 21. Consequently, the centre has been a huge success, attracting customers from all over the world. What will happen now that Debenhams has ceased trading
The Bullring not only exits back onto New Street, but also into Grand Central.
Grand Central
Grand Central is another shopping centre located above New Street railway station in Birmingham, England, that opened on 24 September 2015. It is currently owned by Hammerson and CPPIB, having been acquired by Hammerson from Birmingham City Council in January 2016 for £335m.
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