This large mixed-use development is at the heart of Lendlease and Birmingham City Council’s Smithfield Birmingham masterplan. It will provide circa 408 Build to Rent homes plus extensive retail and a wellness facility, together with rooftop amenities and communal spaces for residents. The building forms part of one of the UK’s largest regeneration programmes – reshaping 17 hectares in the historic heart of Birmingham to create major economic opportunities, including over 3,000 new homes and an estimated 9,000 new jobs.

Designed in partnership with local architects, Intervention Architecture, the 37,853 sq.ft development will provide high quality apartments above a retail and leisure destination with a focus on health and wellbeing.

A large residential communal rooftop garden provides amenity space and sits atop scalloped metalwork curtains which encase the base podium. A rooftop pavilion houses a sunset lounge, communal dining, events space and work-from-home facilities for residents. Further communal facilities are located on the ground floor, including a gym, pet and bike washing area and a ‘library of things’ where people can borrow household items, tools and appliances, fostering a strong sense of community.

Care has been taken to integrate access and service routes to the market buildings, balancing the needs of residents while supporting Smithfield’s living heritage of market trading and sustaining the district’s rich economic mix.