A public consultation on the next phase of the £700m Paradise development in Birmingham has been started by new developer MEPC ahead of plans being submitted to the city council later this summer.

MEPC took over the scheme from Argent at the beginning of the month with Argent saying it wanted to focus on its schemes in London at King’s Cross, Brent Cross and Tottenham Hale. MEPC is the development arm of Hermes which has been a long-standing funder of the Paradise scheme.

The move has seen Argent’s eight-strong team on the job join MEPC, including regional development director Rob Groves.

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