OakNorth completes £9.4m deal to develop 500 new homes in Birmingham

Entrepreneurial bank, OakNorth has completed a £9.4m deal with Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital, which has worked with Galliard on several large-scale residential projects in the past.

The developers hope to convert a 92,472 sq ft commercial space on Summer Hill Rd, into approximately 500 new residential units.

The site sits within Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter which has been known as a global centre for jewellery crafting for over 250 years and is a conservation area with over 200 listed buildings.

Today, 40 per cent of all jewellery made in the UK is produced here, so it is not only an area of both cultural and economic significance to the city, but the country as a whole.

Jonathan Morgan, Galliard’s director, said: “By 2039, Birmingham’s population is expected to increase to 1.3m meaning that the city needs another 100,000 homes to be built over the next two decades.

“Unfortunately, it’s currently falling well below the 5,000 per annum target needed to achieve this, with the total for 2018 expected to be around 2,777.

“That’s why we hope to secure the planning permission needed to deliver hundreds of new high quality and affordable homes in an area that continues to strengthen as a centre for financial and business services.

“The team at OakNorth were able to complete the deal in a matter of weeks which was essential in enabling us to apply for planning permission within our time frame.”

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