Plans have been revealed to build a major new development of student accommodation at a former supermarket site in a Birmingham suburb.
The Galliard Apsley Partnership joint venture, comprising housebuilder Galliard Homes and funder Apsley House Capital, is leading the scheme at the old Sainsbury's in Selly Oak after it acquired the vacant plot earlier this year.
The team has unveiled designs to build around 850 rooms across five storeys on the land at the corner of Chapel Lane and the A38 Bristol Road.
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Other proposals include public realm, a 10,000 sq ft medical facility and 14,000 sq ft of ground-floor retail and commercial space which will front onto the A38 to reconnect the site with the main road as it was previously separated by walls.
Sainsbury's vacated the unit when it opened a brand new
The 3.4-acre application site comprises the former supermarket unit, a car park and servicing facilities, with consent already secured to demolish the old store.
A consultation has now been launched ahead of a planning application being submitted in the autumn.
The accommodation is likely to appeal to students attending the nearby University of Birmingham campus but the application site is also well connected to the city centre via Selly Oak station and the A38 cycle lane.
This is the latest project in Birmingham led by Galliard Apsley Partnership.
Its other schemes include the Soho Wharf housing estate in Ladywood, Timber Yard apartments near the Hippodrome theatre and the residential and commercial St Paul's Quarter in the Jewellery Quarter among others.
- A consultation has now been launched online which runs until August 1 while a drop-in event takes place on Tuesday July 25 between 12pm and 7pm at the Sense Touchbase Pears, in Bristol Road.
