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By John Beavan, head beekeeper at Paradise It’s all happening at Paradise this summer and autumn, with our bees exceedingly busy creating their first season of honey. Their hives are really buzzing right now, with more than 80,000 bees in each hive collecting nectar and turning it into that delicious gold. Recent visits to the […]
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By Thomas Attwood One of the definite highlights of my time at Paradise has been reclining in Chamberlain Square and experiencing the people of this good city milling around – and even occasionally sitting down and sharing their thoughts with me. The venerable Mike Bushell, from the British Broadcasting Corporation no less, is one such […]
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Paradise Birmingham, the £1.2 billion development transforming the heart of Birmingham, has won another industry award. The Pineapple Awards are a major award event held annually in recognition of national and international excellence in placemaking. The awards look for places that thrive, where people want to live, work, play, shop or learn, and which excel […]
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By Rob Groves of MEPC The move by MEPC to new space at Two Chamberlain Square underlines our long term commitment to making Paradise the finest city centre development outside of London. By taking office and meeting space in one of our own buildings, we are rightly showing visitors that we believe the estate is […]
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A new office has opened at Two Chamberlain Square, housing the development and asset management team leading Paradise Birmingham, MEPC. Providing open floorplates of 24,000 sq ft, Two Chamberlain Square provides a bright, spacious and flexible working environment, with the highest specification for today’s business needs. Urban regeneration specialist MEPC has taken space on the […]
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Paradise Birmingham, the £1.2 billion transformation project at the heart of the city, has today received its latest planning approval from Birmingham City Council. In a unanimous decision from the planning committee, permission was granted for Three Chamberlain Square, a new 10-storey, 185,000 sq ft commercial building, a key part of the second phase of […]
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Enabling work progresses on Octagon, the world-first pure octagonal residential tower at the northern apex of the Paradise site. As well as piling work taking place with a large mobile piling rig, demolition of the previous 77 Paradise Circus Queensway office building is well underway with the seven storey building almost completely dismantled. The dinosaur-like […]
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A range of Jubilee cakes were produced by local school children to mark the Platinum Jubilee at Paradise. Brilliant entries, loads of hard work and quality cakes fit for a Queen were the hallmarks of our Platinum Jubilee Cake competition, thanks to our local partners Albert’s Schloss and pupils from Nelson Primary School in Ladywood. […]
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Having established itself as one of London’s most popular independent venues, the opening marks Vinoteca’s seventh site and its first venture outside of the capital. Priding itself on working closely with producers to curate one of the UK’s most extensive wine lists, including 60 organic, biodynamic and sustainable selections, Vinoteca’s mission is to ‘redefine the […]
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By Chief Bee Keeper, John Beavan Paradise Birmingham welcomed 80,000 new occupants last year – in the shape of its own bee colony – and is now looking forward to more bee activity this summer. The thousands of bees were a first for Paradise and happily occupy two hives located close to the site hoarding […]
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A big Jubilee thank you to everyone who came along to our Family Jubilee Day on Wednesday 1st June in and around Chamberlain Square. With a whole host of events and family-oriented activities in the square, lots of people came and joined in the fun with giant Beefeaters, Queen’s Guards stilt walkers and the selfie-inducing […]
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Wednesday 1st June, 11am-4pm We can’t wait for our Family Jubilee Day on Wednesday 1st June, and hope you can come and join in the fun at Chamberlain Square! With a whole host of events and family-oriented activities in the square from 11am to 4pm, come and join in the fun, spectacle and interaction with […]
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