Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD

Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD

1. Problems

   • Merry Hill out-of-town Shopping Centre Opened
     • In 1989
   • Birmingham's CBD saw a decline in trade of 12% over the next 5 years

2. Solutions

   • Improve environmental quality for pedestrians
   • Access to the city centre through public and private transport facilities
   • Make the city a highly attractive place to visit and do business

3. New Street Development

   • Newly Paved and Pedestrianised
   • Trees and Grass make it feel more natural
   • Street lighting
   • Widened, more spacious
   • Benches, Bins etc

4. Bull Ring

   • Plans made to rebuild the Bull Ring in 1980s
     • Demolished in 2000
     • Largest retail regeneration project in Europe
       • cost £500 million
     • Reopened in June 2003

5. Mail Box

   • Used to be Royal Mail sorting office
   • Inside redeveloped into a multi-use mall
   • Uses
     • 40 retail outlets: Emporio Armani, Harvey Nichols
     • Two Hotels: Malmaison and Days Hotel
     • Office Space: HQ for BBC Birmingham