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Central Birmingham National Express bus garage

Name: Central Birmingham National Express bus garage
Address: Birmingham, UK

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit approvedBirmingham, UK

Approved 2020 retrofit for housing/education at former bus garage; 1,250 homes + 950 student units planned; 5 nearby clusters within 10km. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline

Retrofit in the pipeline

This site: …approved newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Place

3+ other atlas sites within 10 km

This site: 5 within 10 km computed · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: …up to 1,250 residential homes and 950 student apartments record · all sites with this

New use

Education

This site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Housing

This site: …up to 1,250 residential homes and 950 student apartments newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Retrofit approvednewtypes-extraction reported
Strategy	Redevelopment, approvedWikipedia no source
New uses	education, housingWikipedia no source
What is there now	up to 1,250 residential homes and 950 student apartmentsnewtypes-extraction reported
Retrofit year	2020newtypes-extraction reported

Planning

Entitlement year	2020Wikipedia no source

Deals and debt

Date	Event	Price	Parties	Source
2019	Sold	—	developers	Wikipedia

Site context

Other atlas sites nearby	5 within 10 km, 6 within 25 km: Tilton Road Board School (2.1 km); Whitworth Works (2.1 km); Tivoli Centre (4.3 km); Former Sainsbury food store site in Selly Oak town centre (6.4 km); Kingshurst shopping precinct (8.3 km)computed

Summary, model-written

Former bus garage (1936) approved for retrofit (2020) to 1,250 homes + 950 student apartments. Original developer: Birmingham Corporation Tramways & Omnibus Department. Sale to developers in 2019. Status: approved. New use: education/housing.

Why. Same strategy as 6 global peers (e.g., Crossroads of the World, CA, opened 1936). Within 10km: 5 clusters including proposed Sainsbury site (6.4km) and Kingshurst shopping precinct (8.3km, under construction).

Where it stands. No developer name confirmed. Tivoli Centre status unknown (4.3km). Sainsbury site proposed (6.4km).

For a planner

Approved retrofit entitlement (2020)
1,250 homes + 950 student units planned
5 nearby clusters within 10km (including proposed developments)

For a developer

Sale to developers (2019) confirmed
No financials or timeline beyond entitlement year
Peer comparisons show similar 1929-1942 openings

What we do not know yet

Buyer name not specified
Tivoli Centre status unknown
No details on education component

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Similar sites

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History and original facts

Opened	1936newtypes-extraction
Original developer	Birmingham Corporation Tramways & Omnibus Departmentnewtypes-extraction reported
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Central Birmingham National Express bus garage sold and approved for redevelopment into residential homes and student apartments.

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Background

Bordesley is an area of Birmingham, England, 1.2 miles (2 km) south east of the city centre straddling the Watery Lane Middleway ring road. It should not be confused with nearby Bordesley Green. Commercial premises dominate to the west of the ring road, but much of this area is to be redeveloped. Blocks of residential apartments are planned and set for completion from the mid-2020s onwards. The largely residential area east of the ring road was renamed Bordesley Village following large scale clearance of back-to-back houses and redevelopment in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Timeline

1936 Opened
2020 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

Bordesley, Birmingham · CC BY-SA 4.0
1 quoted sentence
The Central Birmingham National Express bus garage

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Central Birmingham National Express bus garage, Birmingham, UK." Record n-7ffca61160, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/uk/birmingham-central-birmingham-national-express-bus-garage/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_birminghamcentralbirminghamnationalexpre,
  title = {Central Birmingham National Express bus garage, Birmingham, UK},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/uk/birmingham-central-birmingham-national-express-bus-garage/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-7ffca61160, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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