PIC breaks ground on Birmingham build-to-rent development

One Eastside skyscraper targeting a 2026 completion date

Martin Richmond
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Left to right: Court Collaboration managing director Alex Neale, Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward and PIC managing director Hayley Rees
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Left to right: Court Collaboration managing director Alex Neale, Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward and PIC managing director Hayley Rees

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) and Court Collaboration have broken ground on the development of the One Eastside build-to-rent development in Birmingham.

The 51-storey project, which PIC announced it had forward funded with £200m last year, is set to become one of the first skyscrapers in Birmingham. The development will consist of 667 apartments...

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