PUBLIC REALM PUBLIC REALM WELCOME Welcome to this public consultation on proposals for new public realm as part of Phase Two of Paradise Birmingham. We value your thoughts and are eager to hear from you. Your comments will help inform the final proposals that will be submitted to Birmingham City Council. If you have any questions or wish to make comments you can either email us directly at: [email protected] or complete the questionnaire on the website within the ‘Have Your Say’ section. 03 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM PARADISE Paradise is a £700m transformation at the very heart of Birmingham, creating a new destination, and attracting new businesses, jobs and visitors to the city. Outline planning permission They are working as part of for the Paradise development, a public private sector Joint including up to ten new buildings Venture (JV) with Birmingham was granted in 2013. We have City Council, the Local Enterprise now completed Phase One with Partnership and Federated our first commercial buildings Hermes International (a global and new public realm and are investment management bringing forward further detailed company) to bring forward up to 2 planning proposals to complete million sq ft of new development the next, second phase. in the heart of the city. The development managers, The aim is to create a new MEPC, are highly experienced place, and contribute to the in bringing forward large, mixed identity of Birmingham by use commercial developments. designing buildings that are both desirable and inspiring. Chamberlain Square 04 05 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM Birmingham Town Bullring Grand The Cube Paradise is right at the Museum Hall Shopping Central & Art Gallery Centre centre of everything Birmingham has to offer. SNOW HILL STATION NEW STREET STATION TOWN HALL METRO LIBRARY METRO Library of Centenary ICC & Symphony Jewellery Quarter Colmore Row Birmingham Square Hall Mailbox Brindleyplace 06 07 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM PHASE ONE Dishoom Rosa’s Thai The first phase of Paradise has already been successfully delivered, and is helping to create new jobs and to promote new skills within the region. As well as new public realm Two Chamberlain Square is and the historic, and iconic home to DLA Piper, Knights, Chamberlain Square itself, Mazars and more professional the first two commercial services organisations. buildings are now complete. Rosa’s Thai Café has One Chamberlain Square is home opened on the ground floor Chamberlain Square to PwC’s largest regional office overlooking Centenary Way with more than 2,000 staff. and more restaurants and bars, including award winning Indian-Irani eatery Dishoom Vinoteca, are set to follow. opened at One Chamberlain Square in spring 2020 and has already made its mark on the city’s restaurant scene. Two Chamberlain Square One Chamberlain Square 08 09 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM PHASE TWO Ratcliff Square The second phase of development has started with our next office building, One Centenary Way, set to complete in 2023. This will bring a further Both of these buildings will front 280,000 sq ft of commercial Paradise Street as well as face space to the city as well as the new public realm which is new retail and leisure units. an integral part of our plans. To complete Phase Two we are The new public realm will now bringing forward proposals improve legibility for the wider for a new hotel on the south west city centre, creating new links corner of the development site for pedestrians and improving along with a further office building, access and connectivity to public Three Chamberlain Square. transport networks for all. One Centenary Way Hotel 10 11 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM INDICATIVE PHASING PLAN PHASE ONE One Chamberlain Square 150,000 sq ft let to PwC Two Chamberlain Square 183,000 sq ft PHASE TWO One Centenary Way 280,000 sq ft Three Chamberlain Square 180,000 sq ft Octagon 370 Build to rent homes Hotel 150 bed boutique hotel PHASE THREE Three Congreve Square 120,000 - 175,000 sq ft Two Centenary Way 90,000 - 105,000 sq ft One Congreve Square 100,000 - 165,000 sq ft 12 13 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM A LANDMARK DEVELOPMENT While Paradise will contain an array of impressive modern buildings, the Towm Hall development has been designed to co- exist with and enhance its historic setting. Importantly, Phase Two has been Both the new buildings and carefully designed to sensitively the new public realm will be respond to the surrounding sympathetic to the existing heritage assets, including the neighbouring buildings and important relationship with the the recently refurbished Grade I listed Town Hall. Chamberlain Square. View from Victoria Square Chamberlain Square 14 15 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM Y A W S N QUEE T EE R T S S E L DESIGN AR H C T EA R G BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART THREE GALLERY APPROACH CONGREVE SQUARE CONGREVE We will continue the design aesthetic that has SQUARE ONE CONGREVE SQUARE already been delivered as part of Phase One of Paradise and will create a variety of new public CENTENARY COUNCIL spaces that are both usable and attractive. CHAMBERLAIN HOUSE TWO SQUARE WAY Phase Two will include a new public The continuation of the granite CENTENARY WAY square, Ratcliff Square, as well as a planters from phase one provides VICTORIA wider network of other significant new casual seating opportunities LIBRARY OF SQUARE spaces like Ratcliff Passage, Ratcliff throughout the development and BIRMINGHAM RATCLIFF PASSAGE Way and Western Terrace as well. ensures a cohesive approach that TOWN links all the public spaces together. HALL CENTENARY These new public areas will pay SQUARE RATCLIFF homage to the neighbouring collection The design principle of using York SQUARE THREE RATCLIFF WAY of civic buildings and provide an Stone for the primary spaces as used CHAMBERLAINSQUARE appropriate setting for Paradise as in Chamberlain Square is continued HOTEL both a civic and commercial space. through into Ratcliff Square with the T WESTERN EE buff and grey natural stone paving used TR TERRACE D S The views both to, from and through on the walkways and Western Terrace A BRO the new public realm are an important to maintain a consistent approach to PARADISE STREET part of achieving this and the finishes the palette of materials across Paradise. and design of the new spaces will complement what is already in place while bringing a fresh, greener look to the second phase of development. 16 17 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM 3New pedestrianised routes from 2STATUES Paradise Street RETURNED A Mix OF NEW TREES 1NEW SQUARE 18 19 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM RATCLIFF SQUARE Y A W S N QUEE T Ratcliff Square is a new public squareEE at the R T S heart of Phase Two, kit will act asS an interface E L AR between this and earlier phasesH of Paradise and C T provide an integral new spaceEA in front of the hotel R and alongside Three ChamberlainG Square. BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM & ART THREE GALLERY It is envisaged that Ratcliff CONGREVESquare will The square will look to include planters SQUARE become a place where pedestrian with intergated seating, a large feature routes come together with ground tree at its centre, and additional CONGREVE floor retail andSQUARE leisureONE facilities,CONGREVE trees to soften the space and help in a new transitional space.SQUARE connect it with the neighbouring Phase One and Two buildings. COUNCIL HOUSE CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE VICTORIA LIBRARY OF CENTENARY WAY SQUARE BIRMINGHAM RATCLIFF PASSAGE TOWN HALL CENTENARY SQUARE RATCLIFF SQUARE THREE RATCLIFF WAY CHAMBERLAINSQUARE HOTEL WESTERN ET RE TERRACE ST AD BRO PARADISE STREET Ratcliff Square 20 21 Ratcliff Square PARADISE PUBLIC REALM View of hotel entrance across Ratcliff Square 22 23 PARADISE PUBLIC REALM RATCLIFF PASSAGE Y A W This space will encourage an inside-outsideS relationship with Three Chamberlain SquareN where QUEE T the building’s ground floor amenitiesEE bring life R T S and activity to the pedestrianisedS street scene. E L AR H C The thoroughfare will help An avenueT of new trees will line the EA pedestrians find their way between centreR of this spacious pedestrian G between the Town Hall West Midlands street, surrounded with granite BIRMINGHAM Metro stop (located on Paradise planters creating naturalMUSEUM casual & ART Street) and Chamberlain Square. seating opportunities for people THREE GALLERY CONGREVE to stop and enjoy the space. SQUARE The high quality granite finish surrounds the Town Hall and leads Ratcliff Passage will also be ‘topped’ CONGREVE through fromSQUARE ChamberlainONE CONGREVE Square and ‘tailed’ by the restored and into Ratcliff Passage, providingSQUARE a rehomed statues of James Watt and cohesive feel with the completed Joseph Priestley - adding further first phase of the development. heritage highlights to the scheme. COUNCIL HOUSE CHAMBERLAIN SQUARE VICTORIA LIBRARY OF CENTENARY WAY SQUARE BIRMINGHAM RATCLIFF PASSAGE TOWN HALL CENTENARY SQUARE RATCLIFF SQUARE THREE RATCLIFF WAY CHAMBERLAINSQUARE HOTEL WESTERN ET RE TERRACE ST AD BRO PARADISE STREET Ratcliff Passage 24 25 PARADISE Ratcliff Way PUBLIC REALM RATCLIFF WAY & PARADISE Y A W S N STREETQUEE T EE R T S S E L AR An avenue of trees willH line Ratcliff C T Way running in-betweenEA the hotel and R Ratcliff Way Three Chamberlain Square,G connecting BIRMINGHAM Paradise Street to Ratcliff Square.MUSEUM & ART THREE GALLERY CONGREVE SQUARE The Ratcliff Way granite paving continues out onto the Paradise Street frontage wrapping around the hotel and Three CONGREVE ChamberlainSQUARE ONE Square.CONGREVE This helps to link Paradise Street with the wider ParadiseSQUARE development.