Leaders Lean Towards Library As Jewel of Pounds 1bn Revamp

Birmingham Post › February 11, 2005

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Opinion among Birmingham City Council's political leadership is hardening in favour of a new library as the centrepiece of a pounds 1 billion redevelopment of Paradise Circus.

Talks with developers Argent are at an advanced stage and initial designs depict Brindleyplace-style architecture for what would be one of the largest regeneration projects in Britain. Argent, whose Brindleyplace scheme set the standard for inner city renewal, is confident that a funding gap between land values and the value of the development can be bridged.

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Leaders Lean Towards Library As Jewel of Pounds 1bn Revamp

Two options for a new library are being considered - either commandeering Baskerville House, or a compl...

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