£30 million ‘student village’ plan for Eastside Locks
A massive £30 million regeneration development featuring a student village has been announced for Birmingham.
Alumno Developments is investing the money to deliver a canalside scheme at Eastside Locks, which will be one of the first prominent buildings visitors see as they arrive at the proposed HS2 Curzon Street Station.
Architect Dav Bansal, of city practice Glenn Howells, said Birmingham had been poorly served with student accommodation but promised a student housing scheme to compete with any other …