Birmingham's Eureka Moment: How Science Property Is The Next Big Thing
March 21, 2018

Birmingham's Eureka Moment: How Science Property Is The Next Big Thing

Bruntwood has acquired the 80K SF Birmingham Innovation Campus in a move which opens the way to a further 170K SF development on the site, and takes the landlord and developer deeper into the city's science and innovation sector.

Yet this is just the beginning of a mighty Bruntwood plan that could create a new science district anchored by a redeveloped Aston Science Park through to Digbeth and even Selly Oak.

In short, Bruntwood said that science property is the next big thing in Birmingham. Can it work, and who will be players?

Science and innovation are already big news in Birmingham. West Midlands Metro Mayor Andy Street has put digital and tech investment at the heart of his industrial strategy. There are currently more than 72,000 digital and creative jobs in the…

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