The Tea Factory - BBC Birmingham & The Wider Site

BBC Birmingham is to relocate from its Mailbox home into a custom-built 84,001K SF broadcast centre at Typhoo Factory by 2026.
 


BBC BIRMINGHAM

Typhoo Tea Factory Building

Aka "The Tea Factory"

Bordesley Street, Birmingham, B5 

Click HERE for the map of the site.

 

PROJECT TEAM:

PartnersStoford, Benacre 2022 LLP (The Gooch Estate)

ArchitectsHowells, BDPGrant Associates

Cost Consultant: MGAC

Project ManagerArcadis

Principal DesignerAnstey Home

Structural Engineer, TransportBWB

Services EngineerESC

ContractorBAM Construction

Fire ConsultantJensen Hughes

Agent(s)Savills & Wallis Real Estate

Planning ConsultantTurley

Planning Application Number2022/08628/PA

 

THE TEA FACTORY

The Tea Factory, a 1929-built industrial building, is being transformed into an 84K SF state-of-the-art broadcast centre – and it’ll be the BBC’s greenest building (EPC ‘A’, BREEAM ‘Outstanding’).

The Tea Factory will be home to BBC Birmingham from 2026/27, marking the beginning of a new era for production and the creative industries in the city.

Two-thirds of the building’s structural frame will be utilised and adapted to house several editorial teams, including The Archers, BBC Newsbeat, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio WM, and Midlands Today.

With rooftop terraces, there will also be a new public realm and square, allowing for a canal-side quarter, with further potential for bars, cafes & restaurants as the masterplan evolves.

The masterplan of the wider site aims to deliver up to 800,000K SF of new residential, office, and hospitality space, over the next decade.

Typhoo Wharf, images from Howells & BBC.

 

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Project dates

06 Sep 2022 - On-going

Passions

Construction & regeneration

Contact

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Jonathan Bostock

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