Curzon Street apartments proposed

Hanson Investments has submitted plans for a six-storey mixed-use development designed by Studio KMA, opposite the new Curzon Street rail station, which is set to be the Birmingham terminus for HS2.

The development, on a vacant plot in Park Street and Masshouse Lane, will feature 10 apartments – five one-bed, five two-bed, above 3,500 sq ft of groundfloor retail space. There will be a landscaped terrace on the roof.

The project will sit alongside earlier residential phases at Masshouse. Han Lui, director of Hanson Investments, said: “This is a very important project for us and for the city, a final piece of the jigsaw for the highly visible Masshouse development. We’re excited to move into the residential sector, and our architects have successfully met our brief to design a contemporary, eco-conscious urban residential landmark.”

Hanson Investments has extensive interests in the southside district of Birmingham city centre and has owned the commercial space at Masshouse since 2020.

Richard Hamill, associate at Studio KMA, described the curved building as “complementing the design of the HS2 station building directly opposite with an aesthetic that straddles a line between late-modernist rationalism and 21st-century sustainable urbanism.”

If approved, Hanson Investments intends to start on site in summer 2026. The project team includes Anstey Horne for sunlight and daylight advice; Architectural Aerodynamics on wind and microclimate; Eddisons on transport; Hann Tucker: acoustics; DEP for landscape; Watt with energy and sustainability advice; PG Consulting for energy, benchmark archaeology; Redmore Environmental for air quality; and Martin Planning.