Langley Point
Langley Point was developed in the late noughties as a 44,500 sq ft Grade A speculative office building in central Birmingham. It was designed to BREEAM excellent standard with chilled beam air conditioning and 90 secure parking spaces. The location has nearby parks and open spaces is also only 8 minutes walk from New Street station and just 3 minutes from The Mailbox. Targeted at the public sector and large corporate market, the building was sold in spring 2012 to become one of Liam Nolan’s Free Schools – Perry Beeches III. The development was undertaken by Trifolkesstona in an LLP with Folkes Holdings and Corum Property Investments with debt from Handelsbanken.
Scholars Gate, Severn Street, Birmingham
Completed in 2007, this mixed-use mainly residential scheme comprises 38 apartments and 2 small offices. 22 of the apartments are listed and the majority have sold to owner occupiers. Scholars Gate is now an award winning development, being the ‘Special Development’ winner of the Birmingham Post & Mail House Design Awards 2006 and receiving a conservation commendation in the BDI Industry & Genius Awards 2007. Trigram’s development partner was Piper Securities Holdings.
Trinity House, Blucher Street, Birmingham
Trinity House is a new build enabling development adjoining Scholars Gate. This 4 storey building contains 15 high quality apartments together with ground floor office units. It was designed in a style that has subtle art deco undertones and is located on the corner of Severn Street and Blucher Street opposite The Mailbox. Trigram Properties acquired the office elements and moved to Trinity House in 2007.
Aqua
This former Severn Trent building at 20-25 Lionel Street was acquired quickly for refurbishment. Trigram identified the potential to add a floor to the building. We created 41,600 sq ft of high quality air conditioned office accommodation with new lifts, a secure car park for 16 vehicles and a high quality reception and common parts. The building was let to a variety of high quality tenants including the Emap subsidiary Kerrang!, together with a major government body and consultants, White Young Green. The building was sold early in 2007 at the top of the investment market. Trigram’s funding partners were The Sandpiper Group.
Drayton Manor Business Park, Tamworth
The Foseco manufacturing facility located in the greenbelt adjoining Drayton Manor Theme Park near Tamworth was acquired in 2003. HSBC Specialist Fund Management brought in Trigram to work with them on the acquisition of this major 48 acre site.
Under our agreed business plan for the site we re-branded it as a business park, undertook a programme of onsite and building refurbishment and managed a planning strategy for the redevelopment of the older buildings. This was done against a background of maintaining the existing 24 hour manufacturing process. Drayton Manor Business Park now comprises some 520,000 sq ft of buildings over 250,000 sq ft of which has been refurbished, redeveloped and re-let over a 2 year period. The site was sold in February 2005.
Derwent House, Wolverhampton
Derwent House was surplus to the occupational requirements of Carillion Plc. It was acquired in December 2002 and immediately refurbished. The refurbishment was the first of its kind in the Wolverhampton centre and marked the start of the regeneration of the new city. The upper parts of the building were let to the Department of Works & Pensions and the remaining space let to a variety of occupiers including Carillion Plc and Towler Shaw Roberts. The investment was sold in 2005. Development was funded in partnership with The Sandpiper Group.
Opal – Birmingham One – Student Accommodation in Birmingham
Trigram Properties worked with specialist student housing developer, Opal, to gain planning consent for the development of an 18 storey tower containing student accommodation. The site was acquired at tender on a conditional basis from the Optima Community Association. Planning consent was granted for an 18 storey tower comprising 604 student bed spaces, swimming pool, gym and internet café. Local residents benefited from access to the pool and the gym and the provision of additional external parking facilities. The application followed a long period of consultation with local residents and has achieved a landmark building that was opened in 2007.
The Basing Portfolio
Trigram Properties worked with equity finance partner, HSBC Property Investments, to acquire the Basing Portfolio. This comprised 5 multi-let industrial estates located throughout the UK. The estates including 78,000 sq ft Kingstown Industrial Estate in Carlisle, 88,500 sq ft Halesfield in Telford and the 60,000 Anchorbrook Industrial Estate at Aldridge. The portfolio was sold estate by estate in 2001 and 2002 to show significant returns.
Stirchley, Birmingham
Trigram Properties teamed up with Selco Trade Centres Ltd, a subsidiary of the Grafton Group, to purchase a 2.5 acre site on Charlotte Road in Stirchley to provide a new 40,000 sq ft Builders Warehouse to replace their original and first unit in the UK.
Planning permission for the scheme was received following liaison with the local residents and negotiations with the planning authority by Trigram Properties.
The existing 60,000 sq ft buildings was demolished and a contract to build the new unit awarded to Weaver Plc in excess of £2 million. Work completed on the building for occupation in July 2003.
Trigram found this complex site off market in a location with limited supply. We have used our expertise to address the complex issues to make the development happen.