Demolition plans focus on one of city’s tallest buildings.
Developers are hoping to start work demolishing one of the tallest city centre tower blocks in Birmingham in March, planning to replace it with a brand new building.
The 1970s building, 103 Colmore Row, was once occupied by NatWest but has been empty since 2003.
New owners, developer Sterling Property Ventures and its funders Rockspring, bought the central business district’s tallest office building from British Land in November.
They are now asking Birmingham Council for permission to demolish the building. The piece-by-piece dismantling of the 22-storey concrete-panelled tower is expected to take between 10 and 12 months.
Its site, in a conservation area on the corner of Colmore Row and Newhall Street, has planning permission for a 35-storey tower. However, Sterling and Rockspring are currently revising these plans. Plans for a smaller scale development, similar in size to the existing structure, are being drawn up.
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