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The James Birmingham, Richmond House, Newhall Street - Placemaking with Community

Richmond House is to be transformed into 150 rented co-living homes along with a new rooftop extension, with the building set to be known as 'The James'.

THE JAMES BIRMINGHAM

Richmond House, 84 Newhall Street

Birmingham, B3 1PB

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PROJECT TEAM:

Client: The James (Azouz Family)

Architects: Bond Bryan

Heritage, Ecology, Agent: RPS Group

Sustainability: Create Consulting Engineers

Transport: Focus Transport Planning

Fire: Pheonix Executive

Planning Application Number: 2023/05111/PA

THE JAMES BIRMINGHAM

Richmond House is to be transformed and upwardly extended with 150 new rented co-living homes (41,055K SF GIA) and will be known as ‘The James’.

Offering a total of 69,739K SF GIA, The James will new life into the site, providing a unique and well-balanced combination of en-suite studios (25-26 sqm) and social areas.

These will include workspaces, lounges, communal dining areas, and podcast, cinema and games rooms.

Residents will also benefit from an external ground-level back garden and various terraces for dining and keeping fit, along with a new communal two-storey roof extension.

The co-living units aim to embrace all demographics including post-graduates, young professionals, to downsizers by offering flexibility for shorter stays (e.g., 3-6 months) as well as longer stays (e.g., 1 year+).