Property developer Stoford has landed the brief to spearhead the regeneration of a former factory which will be the new home of the BBC in Birmingham. The corporation announced last month that it would be leaving its long-time home of the Mailbox in the city centre to set up a new base in the former Typhoo Tea factory in Digbeth.
Birmingham-based Stoford has now won the contract to lead the multimillion-pound transformation of the factory which will deliver a 84,000 sq ft purpose-built broadcast centre.
The 1920s complex in Bordesley Street, will undergo a partial demolition and regeneration, will house a range of editorial teams including the Asian Network, Newsbeat, Radio WM and Midlands Today. The transaction is said to be the largest office pre-let in the city for the past three years.
