Changing Urban Environments: Case Study; Birmingham CBD

Problems
1. Merry Hill out-of-town Shopping Centre Opened
  1. In 1989
2. Birmingham's CBD saw a decline in trade of 12% over the next 5 years
Solutions
1. Improve environmental quality for pedestrians
2. Access to the city centre through public and private transport facilities
3. Make the city a highly attractive place to visit and do business
New Street Development
1. Newly Paved and Pedestrianised
2. Trees and Grass make it feel more natural
3. Street lighting
4. Widened, more spacious
5. Benches, Bins etc
Bull Ring
1. Plans made to rebuild the Bull Ring in 1980s
  1. Demolished in 2000
  2. Largest retail regeneration project in Europe
    1. cost £500 million
  3. Reopened in June 2003
Mail Box
1. Used to be Royal Mail sorting office
2. Inside redeveloped into a multi-use mall
3. Uses
  1. 40 retail outlets: Emporio Armani, Harvey Nichols
  2. Two Hotels: Malmaison and Days Hotel
  3. Office Space: HQ for BBC Birmingham

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