Plans have been unveiled to transform HSBC's former Birmingham offices into a major hotel and student accommodation development.
If plans go ahead the building in Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston would be converted into a 123-bedroom hotel and 266 student bedroom block alongside. The hotel would include a bar, lounge, restaurant and reception area.
The building, which has been vacant since HSBC relocated in 2018, was originally named Shell Mex House and was constructed in 1962 It was designed by John Madin, the Birmingham born architect who made a significant contribution to Birmingham’s recovery after the Second World War designing buildings including the Birmingham Post and Mail building, the Central Library and BBC Pebble Mill studios.