An office building in the heart of Birmingham's business district is undergoing a renovation and has been given a new name.
Work is set to complete early next year on the revamp of 134 Edmund Street which will be known as Billiards Building as a nod to its former use as a Padmore & Sons billiards table factory.
The complex will span 83,000 sq ft and have new-look reception and office space, a gym, business lounge, communal roof terrace and enhanced end-of-journey facilities.
As part of the retrofit programme, it will now be electric powered following the replacement of the building's gas-powered system.
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Landlord Grosvenor said this would see a 67 per cent reduction in energy usage and reduce the building's carbon emissions by 52 per cent annually.
Office portfolio director Fergus Evans said: "The relaunch of 134 Edmund Street as the Billiards Building shows how existing buildings can be refurbished to create grade A office space.
"Our retrofit has significantly reduced the building's annual carbon footprint and avoided the huge embodied carbon impact of replacing it with a new building."
Property consultancies CBRE and JLL have been instructed as joint agencies to market the office space.
CBRE's senior director Theo Holmes said: "Billiards Building meets all the needs of the modern occupier whether this be their focus on amenities, wellbeing, sustainability or quality.
"The flexible floor plates also enable the building to react to changing business needs, offering fully fitted and traditional solutions and a range of suite sizes for businesses to scale up."
JLL director Jonathan Carmalt added: "Occupiers are increasingly demanding when considering an office relocation.
"The works undertaken to the Billiards Building ensure that it will compete favourably with the very best space that central Birmingham has to offer and will continue as an exemplar for years to come."
