Our review of Birmingham's business news in 2019 moves into the spring and the second quarter when tall buildings and reservoir regeneration made the headlines.
Also generating the news this period were manufacturing and engineering group GKN and its plans to close a factory alongside several transport initiatives.
One of the biggest stories - literally - was the news that the second phase of the city centre Exchange Square development could reach 34 storeys.
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Designs were unveiled by Nikal in April for two more buildings on the site of the old Masshouse Circus island which would see a new Premier Inn hotel, bar and a mammoth apartment block constructed.
By the time planning permission was awarded in December, the residential element had grown by a further two storeys.
Not wishing to be outdone, just a week later an even bigger project was unveiled by Birmingham-based developer Court Collaboration.
Its vision for a 51-storey tower called One Eastside opposite the Exchange Square site even raised concerns at Birmingham Airport, such was its height.
It also received the green light in December and, if built as planned, will supersede Birmingham's BT Tower as the city's tallest structure.
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There was a blow to the city's manufacturing sector after the aerospace division of engineering giant GKN announced it was axing its factory in Kings Norton at the cost of 170 jobs.
GKN Aerospace will close the base in 2021 where it produces high-performance windscreens and windows for both civilian and military aircraft.
A Birmingham beauty spot which has perhaps seen better days is set to be given a major facelift to turn it into a key tourism and leisure destination for the city.
Birmingham City Council took the first steps in its vision to transform Edgbaston Reservoir by opening up a consultation on its proposals which included plans to revamp the site of the former Tower Ballroom.
A trio of transport stories also dominated the news agenda during June as the second quarter drew to a close.
West Midlands transport chiefs took the fight for greater regional investment to Westminster after outlining £2 billion worth of rail improvements in Birmingham and the wider Midlands.
Central to the proposals, called the Midlands Rail Hub, were plans for 20 new train services per hour to and from Birmingham Moor Street station.
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The launch of a controversial new Clean Air Zone in Birmingham city centre was delayed this month.
The zone will see certain higher-polluting cars and other vehicles charged to enter a defined area within the city's ring road.
It was supposed to commence in January 2020 but the council admitted that it would not launch until July next year at the earliest after encountering problems with its implementation.
And finally, infrastructure services giant Amey paid £300 million to extract itself from a long-running yet extremely troubled contract with Birmingham City Council.
The company won a 25-year brief in 2010 worth £2.7 billion to maintain highways across Birmingham but the project became mired in legal arguments between the two parties in recent years.
City chiefs had agreed earlier in 2019 that they urgently needed to end the roads deal with Amey amid mounting anger about potholes and poorly maintained pavements.