UPDATE:
Full story in the Birmingham Post
here
THE BIRMINGHAM POST BUSINESS AND PROPERTY REVIEW FORUM SERIES
In advance of the report appearing in the Birmingham Post on Thursday, 16 July, 2009, here is the agenda from the recent Jewellery Quarter Forum meeting:
Chairman:
Adrian Bland, Wragge & Co LLP
Panel:
John Davies, Birmingham City Council
Peter Deeley, Deeley Properties/Chord Deeley (host)
Mike Henrick, H J Finch Ltd/Jewellery Quarter Marketing Initiative
Richard Hudson, Birmingham City Council
Philip Jackson, Maguire Jackson
Andy Munro, Jewellery Quarter Regeneration Partnership
Larry Priest, Bryant Priest Newman Architects
Neville Topping, Elias Topping
Reporter:
Ian Halstead, The Birmingham Post Business and Property Review
FORUM AGENDA:
1. The developer behind the transformation of the Birmingham Mint, Junared, has plunged into administration, leaving 186 flats and 51,000 sq ft of commercial space on Icknield Street unfinished. How has this affected local confidence?
2. Developers have complained of the difficulties of building in a conservation area with more than 200 listed buildings. Should the Jewellery Quarter secure World Heritage Site status - development could be even harder. Has the area found the right balance between attracting investment and protecting its assets?
3. The Jewellery Quarter Regeneration Partnership; the Jewellery Quarter Marketing Initiative; the Jewellery Quarter Neighbourhood Forum; the Jewellery Quarter Association … Just who is running the Jewellery Quarter, and is the thinking joined up?
4. The breaking of the concrete collar at Masshouse has been pivotal to the development of Eastside. Does Great Charles Street condemn the Jewellery Quarter to “fringe” status?
5. The Big City Plan identifies three potential options for the Jewellery Quarter going forward:
- a growing creative quarter
- a desirable residential and mixed use quarter
- a specialist shopping and tourist destination
Which gets the panels vote?