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Paradise paved and they’re putting up an office block


The right to water


Work has begun on Two Chamberlain Square – the second building at Birmingham’s Paradise development and designed by Birmingham-based Glenn Howells Architects. The striking 183,000 sq ft


contemporary office building joins One Chamberlain Square in fronting the enhanced new public realm that will complete the first phase of the Paradise development. Between them, the buildings


offer more than 350,000 sq ft of office and retail space and form the city’s most prestigious commercial address. They are due to be completed in late 2019. Rob Groves, regional director of


Argent, development managers for Paradise, said: “The start of work on


Water is essential to life and the UN has enshrined the human right to water and sanitation. Everyone has the right to clean, safe and accessible water. Yet while in the UK a simple


turn of the tap meets all our needs – drinking, washing, laundry, bathing – a sizable portion of the world’s population is not so fortunate. Across the world, one in


eight people lack access to safe and clean drinking water and at least two billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces. Diarrhoeal diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation kill 4,000 children every day. There’s also the social and


economic impact. Women and young girls walk miles every day to the nearest water source, hours of labour that could instead be used for education and livelihoods. Providing clean water is not


just a life-saver but a crucial tool in the fight against poverty and deprivation. Our water projects around the world not only help save lives and improve health but they open up opportunities for self- development and progression by freeing women and girls from the daily drudgery of fetching water. It costs the equivalent of


just 41 pence a day to provide a water hand pump. The value is immeasurable.


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Two Chamberlain Square underlines the momentum gathering around Paradise and marks yet another milestone for the city’s most vibrant, mixed use development. “Two Chamberlain Square will be


an exceptional building, leading the way in modern workplace design and performance. As it takes its place on the city’s ever changing skyline over the next year, it will deliver a prestigious commercial address at the civic heart of Birmingham.” The first building at Paradise,


One Chamberlain Square, topped out in December 2017. It has been fully pre-let to professional services firm PwC which will relocate its existing 1,400 strong Birmingham team and potentially a further


1,000 people to accommodate its regional growth. Large open floorplates of


approximately 24,000 sq ft make up the upper floors complemented by 16,000 sq ft of retail space at ground level with access to both Chamberlain Square and Centenary Way. Two Chamberlain Square will


feature a panoramic terrace on the sixth floor giving stunning views across to the Grade II listed Museum & Art Gallery and Council House and the Grade I listed Town Hall. At 1.8 million square feet,


Paradise will deliver up to 10 new flagship buildings, offering offices, shops, bars, cafés, restaurants and a four star hotel across 17 acres in the heart of Birmingham.


Lucky number: How Two Chamberlain Square will look


£20m pledge for Games village


West Midlands Combined Authority have pledged £20m towards building the planned Commonwealth Games Village in Perry Barr. Board members gave the green


light to the scheme at their monthly meeting, held at Birmingham Council House. The cash will come from the


WMCA Brownfield Land and Property Development Fund, specifically created to bring brownfield land back into use for new housing, industrial and commercial development across the region.


Mayor of the West Midlands


Andy Street said the combined authority had backed the Birmingham bid from the start and would continue to support the city in staging the Games. He said: “The Commonwealth


Games development is important for two reasons – not only is it a key part of the offer for the Games to take place but it will also mean regenerating Perry Barr and providing much needed housing for Birmingham. We hope that soon we will hear from Government about the remaining funding for this ambitious scheme.”


Cllr Ian Ward, leader of Birmingham City Council, said: “The Commonwealth Games Village will provide athletes and officials with everything they need to perform to the peak of their powers in 2022. “The Village will be the catalyst


for a much wider home building plan, critical if we are to meet the housing demand in the city, as outlined in the Birmingham Development Plan – and we remain fully committed to working with existing residents to shape a scheme that is the best one possible for current and future citizens in the area.”


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