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Birmingham unveils vision for city centre transformation on ‘scale not seen since the 1960s’

By 2026-03-11T11:17:00

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Council sets out prospectus for 17ha mixed-use district around HS2’s Curzon Street station

Birmingham council has unveiled its vision to transform 17ha of central Birmingham into a huge mixed-use district which it claims would be one of the best connected places in the UK.

The Birmingham Heart prospectus envisages up to 5,000 new homes and 400,000sq m of commercial space in a cluster of towers next to HS2’s Curzon Street station.

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