Westminster Works Brochure
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BIRMINGHAM Westminster Works offers city living within a vibrant new neighbourhood GAVIN FRASER, HIGH STREET GROUP 04 — 09 THE LOCAL AREA 10 — 17 THE CITY 18 — 19 THE REGENERATION 20 — 21 THE CONNECTIONS 22 — 25 THE DEVELOPMENT 26 — 29 THE SPECIFICATION 30 — 39 THE PLANS 40 THE COMPANY 2 3 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE LOCAL AREA A PLACE Digbeth Dining Club 8 mins walk Lower Trinity Street, B9 4AG Open four days a week, Digbeth W H E R E O L D Dining Club is a multi award-winning street food event that offers an authentic experience where the food does the talking. MEETS NEW Digbeth is home to an established and growing creative sector, Once the industrial alongside some of the UK’s heart of Birmingham, best retail spaces Digbeth is now considered to be one of the main creative centres in the city The Custard Factory 7 mins walk Gibb Street, B9 4AA 15 acres of beautifully restored The Bullring Shopping Centre Victorian Factories at the heart 11 mins walk of the buzzing creative and Bullring, B5 4BU digital district. Filled with galleries, dancefloors and With over 140 shops, The Bullring is pop-up bars there’s always one of the largest shopping centres something ready to discover. in Europe and has been known as “the place to shop” in Birmingham since the Middle Ages, hosting markets since the 12th century. 4 5 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE LOCAL AREA T H E BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM MAILBOX & ART GALLERY NEW ST BULLRING & MOOR ST GRAND CENTRAL & HS2 T H E O2 ACADEMY ARCADIAN SELFRIDGES BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME CHINA TOWN SMITHFIELD MARKET REGENERATION AREA H I G H G AT E PARK 6 7 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE LOCAL AREA THE COOLEST NEIGHBOURHOOD IN BRITAIN THE SUNDAY TIMES 8 9 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE CITY BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY GREAT WESTERN ARCADE CURZON STREET BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART GALLERY 15 mins walk B4100 BIRMINGHAM CATHEDRAL VICTORIA SQUARE LIBRARY SQUARE SYMPHONY HALL MOOR STREET 10 mins walk BRIDGE ST GRAND CENTRAL & NEW STREET T S AY ID LL O H BULLRING & SELFRIDGES TOM’S KITCHEN ELECTRIC A4400 CINEMA O2 B4100 INSTITUTE DIGBETH DINING CLUB THE MAILBOX CUSTARD FACTORY BIRMINGHAM SMITHFIELD MARKET HIPPODROME REGENERATION AREA O2 ACADEMY Bullring Shopping Centre 14 mins BIRMINGHAM New Street Station 19 mins The Mailbox 23 mins 15 mins walk 10 mins walk Leeds 40 mins* * Manchester Piccadilly 40 mins ALCESTER ST London Euston 45 mins* *Travel times taken from hs2.org.uk, HS2 due in 2026. SHERLOCK ST Coventry 30 mins MOSELEY ST Nottingham 1 hr Peak District 1 hr 40 mins WESTMINSTER WORKS 10 HIGHGATE PARK 11 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE CITY THE ULTIMATE P L AC E T O EXPERIENCE Grand Central 21 mins walk East Mews, B2 4XJ Whether you’re looking for retail More than 50 million shoppers therapy, a meal for two, or drinks visit Grand Central every year, with friends, Birmingham is made where shoppers are offered over 40 fashion stores and for all occasions 20 cafés to enjoy. Gas St 12 mins drive Gas St, B1 2JT When the sun is out, there are few better things to do than visit Gas Street and the canal side bistros and bars. Take in the view, sit back and relax. 12 13 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE CITY Adam’s 14 mins drive Louis Vuitton Apple 16 Waterloo Street, B2 5UG 10 mins drive, 12 mins drive, Bullring Stairway, B5 4BP New St, B2 4DB Established in 2013 by husband and wife Adam and Natasha Stokes, Adam’s gained its Michelin star just six months after opening. The restaurant boasts three AA Rosettes and is considered a highlight of contemporary British fine dining. Birmingham offers more Michelin-starred restaurants than any city outside of London Gusto 14 mins drive Colmore Row, B3 2QD Selfridges Harvey Nichols 4 mins drive 8 mins drive Bullring, B5 4BU Wharfside St, B1 1RE Located in Birmingham’s historic Grand Hotel, experience Gusto’s fresh contemporary Italian dishes in this characterful Grade II listed building and enjoy a cocktail or two from their drinks menu. 14 15 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE CITY As the UK’s second largest city, Birmingham has an economic output of £23 billion KPMG 11 mins cycle Centenary Square, One Snow Hill, B4 6GH THE YOUNGEST CITY 15 mins drive IN EUROPE WITH Broad St, B1 2ND HSBC UNDER-25s ACCOUNTING 8 mins cycle New St, B2 4JU FOR NEARLY 40% OF THE POPULATION BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Deutsche Bank 14 mins cycle Brindley Place, B1 2HP Whether you are an aspiring student, Birmingham is also voted as University of Birmingham or looking to climb the corporate one of the top 10 cities in world, 11 mins drive Ring Rd, B15 2TT ladder, the opportunities available in being Britain’s entrepreneurial Birmingham are exceptional. hotspot, with over 12,000 start-ups successfully established in 2017. The city is home to 450 schools and five universities, two ranking among Worldwide companies are also the top 100 in the world, including flocking to the region including the University of Birmingham, just 11 KPMG, HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche minutes from Westminster Works. Bank, Linklaters and many more; The university was the second making The West Midlands the most targeted by top employers fastest growing region in the in 2017–18* and 48% of their UK in the lead up to 2020˚. graduates secure work in the region after graduating†. *The Graduate Market, 2018 †UoB Undergraduate Prospectus 2020 ˚Birmingham Office, Market Forum 16 17 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE REGENERATION CGI is indicative HS2 & Curzon Street station Birmingham generates £56 billion investment a £120 billion regional HS2, one of the UK’s most exciting projects in recent memory, will bring economy making it a Birmingham within an hour’s commute hotspot for business by rail of Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, London, York, Preston and Wigan via Curzon Street station – making the city a centrepoint for travel within the UK. Due in 2026, Birmingham to London will take under an hour, arriving into London Euston in 49 minutes. Smithfield Market £500 million regeneration Birmingham Smithfield will become another landmark within the fabric of the city. The area will create 2,000 new homes, state-of-the-art business CGI is indicative facilities, a new Metro tramline and the striking centrepiece, festival square. Paradise Birmingham will consist of 3 public squares, commercial, retail and leisure space and a 250 room hotel INVEST IN AN E XC I T I N G NEW ERA As one of the UK’s most connected cities, Birmingham is seeing more inward investment than any other UK region 18 CGI is indicative 19 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE CONNECTIONS York LEEDS BY RAIL Preston Bradford Birmingham already has one BIRMINGHAM IS Wigan of the UK’s busiest airports MANCHESTER and with the introduction LIVERPOOL SHEFFIELD of HS2, will be the central WITHIN FOUR HOURS hub of UK travel. Noingham Derby TRAVEL OF 90% OF Stafford EAST MIDLANDS HUB Wolverhampton Leicester BRITAIN, PUTTING BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM INTERCHANGE Coventry YOU AT THE CENTRE CARDIFF BRISTOL LONDON LONDON EUSTON HEATHROW AIRPORT SNOW HILL HS2 CURZON ST* M 6 T R A I N BIRMINGHAM 25 mins walk MOTORWAY STATIONS AIRPORT MOOR ST NEW ST 19 mins walk 13 4 300 MINS DRIVE A WALK AWAY DESTINATIONS 16 mins walk 18 mins walk BY FOOT Four train stations will be within LEEDS MANCHESTER LONDON EUSTON easy reach of Westminster Works, VIA HS2 VIA HS2 VIA HS2 providing travel connections to major cities such as Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. 57 41 49 MINS MINS MINS 20 *HS2 and Curzon St station are scheduled to open in 2026 21 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE DEVELOPMENT WELCOME TO WESTMINSTER WORKS CGI is indicative 22 23 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE DEVELOPMENT Westminster Works offers 220 stylish one and two bedroom apartments, perfect for the city living lifestyle. LIFE IN THE CREATIVE QUARTER A truly modern development Ideally located, the development in a vibrant neighbourhood, is within 15 minutes walk of the Westminster Works is a considered Bullring Shopping Centre and less development designed with quality than 1km from New Street Station, in mind. With a modern open-plan the city’s principal mainline railway layout to each apartment, our station. Other transport links within homes are configured around a easy walking distance are Digbeth central courtyard, with a mix of one Coach Station, Moor Street Station and two bedroom homes available. and Bordesley Street Station. Digbeth’s mixture of Victorian red brick buildings, street art and innovative businesses make it the cultural hotspot of Birmingham 24 CGIs are indicative 25 WESTMINSTER WORKS THE SPECIFICATION DESIGN WITH Control all aspects of your home, from COMFORT heating to deliveries through our app IN MIND Kitchens Internal finishes – Contemporary style kitchens – American white oak veneered apartment – Square-edged work surfaces with entrance doors matching upstand – Brushed chrome ironmongery – Integrated electric oven, ceramic hob – Satinwood finish to internal skirting and microwave and architraves – Integrated fridge-freezer and dishwasher – Matt finish to walls and ceilings – Stainless steel sink with monobloc mixer tap – Fitted blinds – Fitted wardrobes Bathrooms & en-suites Our dedicated app enables residents Flooring – Modern sanitary ware with close coupled WC to access the following features – Bristan brassware – LVT flooring to hallways, living areas, – Apartment heating control – Thermostatic mixer shower c/w hose bathrooms and en-suite – Event diary with details of regular and handset (en-suites only) residents’ meetings and social events – Glazed shower screens External – Messenger service to contact – Ceramic tiled walls – High efficiency aluminium double other residents glazed windows Electrical & communication – Book