Calthorpe Estates eyes city’s student market
The historic Calthorpe Estate could become the latest area of Birmingham to house new accommodation aimed at the city’s growing student population.
The family-owned property group has brought forward new plans to build on a site vacant for more than a decade with a six-storey development containing 50 bedrooms and a 2,771 sq ft ground floor retail unit.
The site, on the corner of George Road and Islington Row Middleway in Edgbaston, would contain five floors of student accommodation, each containing 10 en-suite rooms in a mix of self-contained studios and shared flats …