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Darling Associates

Birmingham

2025

Build-to-rent residential 550 units

Located in Britain’s coolest neighbourhood, Digbeth, Smith’s Garden is at the heart of Birmingham’s thriving creative quarter in the UK’s second largest city.

The 4-acre island site will be transformed into a residential destination with 550 spacious one, two and three-bedroom apartments centred around 1 acre of private garden.

Live-work-play community

Residents will have access to over 21,000 sqft of high-quality shared amenity space including an onsite gym, co-working areas and rooftop terraces offering unique skyline views over Birmingham.

The site will feature over 15,000 sqft of dedicated commercial space for restaurants, cafés, boutique shops, community start-ups and independent retail.

This attractive community offer is in keeping with the neighbourhood’s vibrant live-work-play ethos.

Residents will have access to over 22,000 sqft of high-quality shared amenity space including an onsite gym, co-working areas and rooftop terraces”

Designed and purpose-built for our residents

Architecturally designed space with a focus on resident well-being, while also celebrating Digbeth’s rich industrial heritage. Residents will also benefit from significant open green space vs. any competing scheme in Birmingham, with only 37% site coverage.

The scheme will be sustainably built with +50% reduction in operational carbon and a +30% in embodied carbon (vs. current UK building regulations).

Excellent connectivity

Smith’s Garden is just a short walk from the Bullring Shopping Centre and Birmingham New Street Station, as well as Birmingham’s new HS2 station at Curzon Street. The centrally located site also boasts convenient bus, cycle, train, and metro networks on the doorstep.

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