Birmingham Curzon

The arrival of a high-speed rail network provides a once-in-a-century opportunity to radically enhance the city’s national rail connectivity and accelerate its economic growth potential. A brand new city centre HS2 station, Birmingham Curzon, will be the catalyst for a major mixed-use regeneration scheme in a prime location. The Curzon masterplan sets out the City Council’s aims for the station and demonstrates the regeneration potential of the surrounding 141 hectares that could result in a £4bn economic uplift.

The 141-hectare regeneration area comprises over 30 strategic development opportunities and is within the extended City Centre Enterprise Zone. These sites can provide around 4,000 new homes and 600,000m² of commercial, leisure and market floorspace.

With preparatory work underway, the station will be operational within the period 2029-2033. A £724m investment programme has been agreed with the UK government for Curzon, which will integrate the station into the city centre, lead to the expansion of the Midland Metro network, and provide the necessary infrastructure to unlock key sites, bringing forward growth and development in the city and beyond. Birmingham City Council is working with Homes England, as well as private sector landowners, to help bring forward investable development projects within the Curzon Masterplan area.

Why invest in Birmingham?

Birmingham, the UK’s second city, is the urban heart of the West Midlands. It offers unparalleled connectivity, cultural diversity and economic buzz.

The Big City Plan has transformed the city centre, attracting a new mix of business services, tech, creative industries and life sciences, with a specialised focus on advanced manufacturing and green industry.

The city of a thousand trades, as Birmingham was once known, is now the city of a thousand start-ups, 8,000 acres of green space, 100 languages, 90,000 university students and leading restaurants serving 27 different national cuisines.

Birmingham’s population is also one of the youngest in Europe and is growing fast, expected to reach 1.25 million in the next 20 years.

This is a golden decade for Birmingham, when the 2022 Commonwealth Games, urban regeneration programmes and the arrival of HS2 will transform the city, its public profile, its connectivity, and its offer to businesses and residents, placing Birmingham at the heart of the West Midlands’ economic revival.

Insight for investors

• Type of investment sought: Development partner/funder or equity investor
• Value and cost info: £1+billion GDV
• Site size: 141 hectares
• Jobs: 1400
• Timescale: operational within the period 2029-2033
• Delivery timescale: 1-5 years
• Planning status: Full, outline and hybrid consent for different sites