Building on
the Legacy

Birmingham Office Market Forum brings together the city’s leading office agents and West Midlands Growth Company to present a co-ordinated voice to investors, developers and occupiers about the city’s ever-expanding office market and commercial offer.

One and Two Chamberlain Square viewed from the Town Hall. — Paradise

Centenary Square and Arena Central, Birmingham. — Centenary Square & Arena Central

Grand Central at New Street Station. — Grand Central

Ikon Gallery, Brindleyplace in Oozells Square. — Ikon Gallery

Midland Metro tram going past Snow Hill offices. — Midland Metro

Birmingham — the city of 1001 trades — continues to evolve and grow as the city core benefits from a wide range of new development; be it around infrastructure, commercial space and residential. The city’s office market is responding accordingly with demand for Grade A space in particular remaining high.

Major mixed use developments in the city core like Paradise, Arena Central and SnowHill continue to drive high quality office space with a sound pipeline of brand new stock capable of attracting major inward investment and returns from out of town locations. New development due to come on stream like Smithfield and various schemes around Eastside and Digbeth will provide further supply in the coming decade.

New Street Birmingham is the busiest train station outside of London.

One in seven (13.2%) people moving outside London moved to the Midlands.

Investment

Following a strong 2021, office uptake throughout 2022 continued with yield compression in prime assets, while overseas funds take advantage of the weakness of Sterling. Pent up demand from the past three years continues to see a ‘flight to quality’ phenomena which in turn releases older Grade A and secondary stock for new occupiers like SMEs.

UGC Transport Hub, showing train lines alongside bus and tram stops. CGI. — UGC Hub

HS2 Curzon Street Station. CGI. — HS2 Curzon Street Station

Office Data

Take-up 2026

Quarter	Size (sq ft)	Total Deals
Q1	106,724 sq ft
Q2	44,553 sq ft
Total	151,277 sq ft	32 deals

Take-up 2025

Quarter	Size (sq ft)	Total Deals
Q1	72,512 sq ft
Q2	110,282 sq ft
Q3	178,654 sq ft
Q4	290,059 sq ft
Total	651,507 sq ft	98 deals

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Major Deals 2026

Building — Client	Size (sq ft)
1 Colmore Square — Block	22,057 sq ft
Three Chamberlain Square — Eversheds Sutherland LPP	45,690 sq ft
X, 10 Brindleyplace — Siemens Mobility	10,552 sq ft

Major Deals 2025

Building — Client	Size (sq ft)
Three Chamberlain Square — Ernst & Young Global Limited	93,780 sq ft
55 Colmore Row — Cubo	31,855 sq ft
One Centenary Way, Paradise — Deloitte LLP	45,965 sq ft
19 Cornwall Street — Squire Patton Boggs	22,231 sq ft
3 Chamberlain Square, Paradise — Forvis Mazars LLP	22,648 sq ft
1 Victoria Square — Covalt	27,000 sq ft
3 Chamberlain Square, Paradise — CBRE	16,458 sq ft
55 Colmore Row — Turner and Townsend	10,177 sq ft
X, 10 Brindleyplace — Phoenix Life	25,107 sq ft
5 St. Philips — Gilbanks	21,108 sq ft

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Current Availability

*Significant existing and under construction supply:

Building – Client	Size (sq ft)
X, 10 Brindleyplace	180,000 sq ft
Enterprise Wharf	120,000 sq ft
Three Snowhill	120,000 sq ft
One Centenary Way	102,000 sq ft
Alpha Tower	65,000 sq ft
Baskerville House	54,000 sq ft
One Snowhill	48,000 sq ft
Oozells Building, 9 Brindleyplace	45,000 sq ft
103 Colmore Row	43,000 sq ft

Pipeline

*Single buildings greater than 50,000 sq ft with a live Detailed Planning Consent or Back to Frame Redevelopment:

Building – Client	Size (sq ft)
Three Chamberlain Square	180,000 sq ft
Beorma Quarter	160,000 sq ft
19 Cornwall Street	100,000 sq ft
2 Brindleyplace	90,000 sq ft
1 Brindleyplace	73,000 sq ft
King Edwards House	73,000 sq ft
5 St. Philip’s Place	67,000 sq ft
Foundry, 6 Brindleyplace	60,000 sq ft

Sherelle Robbins carrying the Queens Baton through Paradise Birmingham before the start of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She is surrounded by security runners and the public. — 2022 Commonwealth Games

Central Square at Brindleyplace Birmingham. — Brindleyplace

The statue of the bull outside the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham. — Bullring

The REP & The Library of Birmingham from Centenary Square. — The REP & The Library of Birmingham

St. Philip's Cathedral Square next to Colmore Row in Birmingham. — St. Philip's Cathedral Square

Infrastructure

At the heart of the UK and global trade and travel routes, Birmingham is pushing ahead with a raft of improvements to build a more resilient, sustainable and accessible transport network, with on-going investment coming from both the public and private sectors.

Lifestyle

With a legacy of new facilities following the 2022 Commonwealth Games, an outstanding selection of theatres, art galleries, concert venues and with 5 universities, Birmingham punches above its weight in terms of cultural influence and local amenities.