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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Tamlyn Jones

Offices, restaurant, food market - Hammerson outlines grand vision for Birmingham's old John Lewis store

A new restaurant, food market, gym and offices are all being planned as part of the revamp of Birmingham's former John Lewis department store.

Landlord Hammerson has revealed its plans for the huge four-floor unit above New Street station which was opened to much fanfare in 2015 as a new flagship of the high-end retail chain only to fall victim to the decline of high street retail in the 2020.

Now a grand vision has been unveiled for the building, to be called Drum as a nod to its distinctive shape, which will be led by 200,000 sq ft of new office space for up to 2,000 people alongside a host of other amenities.

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