The 503-home tower is the second Glancy Nicholls scheme under way in the city centre
The tallest tower in Birmingham has been given the green light by Birmingham council planning chiefs.
Glancy Nicholls has designed the 61-storey residential scheme at 100 Broad Street, which will contain 503 flats in the city centre.
The 193m tower will include the highest restaurant and sky lounge in the UK outside of London.
Euro Property Investments (EPIL) will demolish a low-rise office block to build the tower, though no start date has been agreed. The developer says it is currently “reviewing next steps.”
A spokesman for Glancy Nicholls told Building: “EPIL approached Glancy Nicholls directly, based on our knowledge of the sector and expertise in the design and delivery of tall buildings.”
The decision comes a month after planning approval was granted for the 51-storey One Eastside tower, another Glancy Nicholls building in the city.
A requirement to provide £3.7m of affordable housing was reduced to £2.4m by the council after an independent assessment found a greater contribution would make the scheme financially unviable.
The building sits on the Birmingham fault, a sandstone ridge which runs diagonally through the city centre. Birmingham council has encouraged the construction of tall buildings on the “ridge zone,” where the ground is firmer.
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