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Heart of the bid: AFL’s design for the new Ataturk Stadium


Students’ residence planned for Selly Oak


A Birmingham-based chartered surveyor has won planning permission to turn part of a building in Bristol Road, Selly Oak, into a students’ residence. Edgbaston Pennycuick Collins’ planning and development team has secured planning permission to convert the first and second floors above a betting shop at 547-549 Bristol Road, into a five-bedroom student residence. Consultants from the firm are


now working with the landlord of the property, to project manage its refurbishment. Pennycuick Collins’ planning and


Architects score major contract for soccer bid


An architects’ firm which has an office in Birmingham is helping the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) with its bid to host Euro 2024. The Turks are battling against


the Germans for the right to host the tournament, the biggest in the world outside of the World Cup itself.


AFL, whose Birmingham office is


in Newhall Street in the city centre, helped the Turks produce their bid dossier, the centrepiece of which is the Ataturk Stadium, a 92,000 seater ground in Istanbul. This stadium – named after the


founder of modern Turkey – was originally built for the country’s failed Olympic Games bid of 2002. A new design by AFL will add a rebuilt upper tier and a roof, and at the same time it will be reconfigured into a football stadium, adding some 16,000 to the capacity. The stadium will incorporate the latest trends in corporate hospitality,


‘Being involved at such an early stage of a major event is a fantastic opportunity’


including a state-of-the-art Tunnel Club, where spectators will be able to dine and watch players as they arrive onto the pitch. The fans will also be able to sit


directly behind the player’s technical area, and watch every decision the manager makes – the other extreme will be to sit up in heavens in one of the 200 ten- person skyboxes As part of the bid, AFL’s


specialist sports team is ensuring all stadia and associated infrastructure are compliant with UEFA regulations and can provide fans with the ‘world-class hospitality for which the country is renowned’. The practice has also been looking at the tournament


readiness of seven of the ten bid stadiums, and the major upgrade and design of three of them. According to AFL, the delivery of


these projects will represent the peak of the TFF’s investment in developing football within the country, from grassroots to professional level. This is supported by a wider development strategy encompassing fan zones, transport, training venues and hotels, all designed to leave a sustainable, inclusive legacy for Turkey. John Roberts, sports director,


AFL Architects, said: “This partnership with the TFF is an exciting development for the practice. Our team has significant experience in the delivery of UEFA, FIFA and Olympic stadia and masterplans. “Being involved at such an early


stage of a major event is a fantastic opportunity, and one where we are able to demonstrate the full potential of our expertise.”


New mobile app is not a rubbish idea


An award-winning digital marketing agency has developed a mobile app that will ensure people never miss bin day again. Online Marketing Surgery, based in Norton Canes,


created the free app ‘Bin There, Done That’ to remind the public when their bins are due to be collected - and it has proved to be a huge hit. The app has been downloaded thousands of times,


and has also been featured on national television. Online Marketing Surgery director David Khan said:


“We were inspired to create this app due to the bin workers’ dispute in Birmingham last year. “With bags of rubbish piling up on the streets of


the city, we wanted to devise an app that would notify people when the bin men would be coming


round to collect their waste. “The public response has been overwhelming.


We’ve been inundated with people sharing their embarrassing stories of chasing after the bin men in their pyjamas after forgetting what day it was. “We have been featured on national television and


our local MP has arranged to visit us and see exactly what we do, so we are really pleased with it so far. Sometimes the simplest ideas often prove to be the most effective.” Helen Sanger, from Walsall, is one of the early


adopters of the app and said: “We’ve moved to fortnightly collections and changed days so I have missed bin days quite frequently. So having a countdown on the app has been really useful.”


development surveyor Suki Kaur said: “Investment in student accommodation in this part of Birmingham is rising, and we anticipate growing demand from investors looking to upgrade and convert buildings to meet growing demand in this increasingly popular asset class. The plans we submitted reflect the facilities and amenities which today’s students expect.” Neil Randle, from the firm’s


residential lettings department who specialises in student rental opportunities, said: “As the West Midlands is home to 12 universities, it is no surprise that we have a thriving student lettings property market. We work collaboratively with the stakeholders in this sector to bring high quality space to the market in the university property hotspots throughout the region.”


Refurbished office space now available


Workspace provider Spaces is officially launching newly refurbished offices at The Lewis Building on Bull Street and The Crossway on Great Charles Street. The buildings, totalling 160,000


sq ft, will be open to businesses that are looking to embrace a more flexible workspace culture. Richard Morris, UK CEO of IWG,


said: “Birmingham is a hugely important business location that connects the North and South. It is also home to some of the most enterprising and creative people in the country – which makes it perfect for Spaces. “These new locations will provide


a flexible environment for businesses to grow and I have no doubt Birmingham will be a jewel in the crown of our Spaces network. “My message to businesses in Birmingham is simple – whatever your needs, Spaces has a place for you.”


Spaces will launch their new offices at an event on 21 June.


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