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Review of 2017 - July: Channel 4's move, Library of Birmingham on a stamp and investor sought for Smithfield
Jewellery Quarter
The campaign to bring Channel 4 to the West Midlands was officially launched in July and the Library of Birmingham featured in a new stamp collection
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Review of 2017 - June: Hall Green stadium, council chief's pay off and HSBC's move to Birmingham
HSBC
A historic Birmingham greyhound stadium was bid farewell after owners announced its closure date in June and a £500,000 pay off for the city council's former chief executive was branded ludicrous
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Review of 2017 - May: New mayor elected, unexploded bomb and HS2 landmark revamp
Andy Street
There was a historic moment for West Midlands politics in May as Andy Street was appointed the region's first directly mayor and Birmingham was strangled for almost two days after an unexploded bomb was found
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Review of 2017 - April: £75m Cadbury investment, battle to save church and Big Art Project winner
Cadbury
Cadbury's owner Mondelēz International showcased the result of a £75m investment into the factory in Bournville which brought some Daily Mail manufacturing home and campaigners opposed plans to demolish a historic church
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Review of 2017 - March: Life sciences campus deal, pay day for ex-Villa chief and Symphony Hall expansion
Broad Street Birmingham
A major deal was announced in March which will see University of Birmingham lead development of a life science campus while details of ex-Aston Villa chief Tom Fox's final pay day were emerged
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Review of 2017 - February: Facelift for M6 junction, new cycle lanes and council cuts U-turn
University of Birmingham
Highways chiefs announced plans in February to spend £64m improving a busy M6 junction and new images were revealed showing how Birmingham's 'cycle superhighway' could look
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Henry Boot opens city centre office
Post People
​Henry Boot Developments toasted the opening of its new Birmingham office at the Hotel Du Vin, joined by 150 guests.
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Review of 2017 - January: Commonwealth Games, green belt housing and Colmore Row makeover
Midland Metro
Our Review of the Year for 2017 kicks off with the news London Olympics bosses were recruited to help Birmingham secure the Commonwealth Games and Sutton residents were battling developers
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The parts of Birmingham Cathedral nobody ever sees
Hidden Spaces
We’ve managed to capture some intimate rooftop shots of the Cathedral grounds and the wider Colmore Business District from the Grade I listed St. Philip’s
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Plans lodged for new 13-storey office block
Invest in Birmingham
Latest phase of £700m Paradise development is now with city planners
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This is how Birmingham's business district will look after £1.2million redevelopment
Colmore Business District
New images show how city centre street could look under new proposals to make it more pedestrian friendly
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Barratt Homes revises plans for major Birmingham housing estate
Invest in Birmingham
Housebuilder goes back to the drawing board after heavy criticism from councillors but heritage campaigners are still opposing the proposals
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Global engineering group launches in Birmingham
Invest in Birmingham
US outfit Bechtel opens fifth º£½ÇÊÓƵ office in Waterloo Street to support its projects in the region including HS2
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Big moment for £700m Paradise development as first office block topped out
Paradise Circus
PwC have agreed deal for entire One Chamberlain Square building
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Plans unveiled for 29-storey apartment complex
Invest in Birmingham
New images show how regeneration of long-neglected site in Birmingham city council could look
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Home of city centre pub sold for £4m
Real Estate Investors
Real Estate Investors adds nearly £2m in value to prime city centre location
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Opus strengthens board with director promotions
Restaurants
Pawel Skrzypinski and Ben Ternent join co-founders on board of Cornwall Street restaurant
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Seven Capital acquires 'store wars' site
Construction
Birmingham-based developer plans to convert run-down plot into mixed-use scheme with new apartments
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PwC takes entire first building at £700m Paradise project
Paradise Circus
Big Four financial services firm extends existing deal to occupy all of eight-storey building when it completes in summer 2019
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Property experts at Maguire Jackson are expecting a strong business performance in 2018 - here's why
Birmingham city centre
Maguire Jackson founder Philip Jackson reveals factors his firm expects to boost turnover in the property market in Birmingham in the new year
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Birmingham city centre apartment block plans scaled back
Invest in Birmingham
Developers were forced back to drawing board before lodging application after being told 19-storey tower was unlikely to gain support from city
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Comment: Aston University hides light under a bushel
Aston University
Mary Keating, from campaign group Brutiful Brum, says there are some hidden gems to be discovered on the university's city centre campus
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We Clean in Paradise
Paradise Circus
We Clean is keeping busy walkway in tip top condition as it reopens after two-year closure
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University completes deal to buy Municipal Bank building
University of Birmingham
Historic Grade II-listed complex will be used to showcase institute's research and exhibitions
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