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🎬 Lights, camera, action… We're thrilled to be teaming up with The SPACE-2 Group in Birmingham, using our Neighbourhood building as a creative hub for some amazing TV and film projects!
Rather than leave the building empty, we collaborated with SPACE-2 to provide a temporary studio facility, operating under the Camden Street Studios, supporting the local economy and creative sector. The team has since been working their magic in our space, bringing to life recent hit ITV shows like DI Ray and Joan (if you haven’t seen them yet, get them added to your January watch list!).
SPACE-2 builds creative ecosystems by partnering with landowners, property companies, and SMEs; we specifically worked with their film and production division. They’re all about sustainability too, which makes them a perfect match for HBD and matches up with our own commitment to ESG.
By collaborating with SPACE-2, we're putting our Neighbourhood site to good use before it officially transforms into 414 stylish and eco friendly one, two, and three bedroom apartments and duplexes in the thriving Jewellery Quarter. So, it’s a win win: creative production space now, and sustainable living spaces in the near future! 🌱🏡
Read more about the project in our blog here: https://lnkd.in/eqPAbRgR#HBDplaces#WhereGreatPlacesStart#Space2#Birmingham#JewelleryQuarterHannah VoogdSuelen PoyserMark Hughes-WebbLouise WhiteCheryl ConlonThe SPACE-2 Group Ltd
We acquired Neighbourhood in 2021, it used to be a BMW Sitna car garage. We've got planning permission to do a BTR scheme. However, in the interim we really wanted to use the building to not let it become derelict. So we engaged with Space 2 and they've helped us find some interim use. Space to Group is a series of initiatives and small companies that focuses on sustainable first products and services that can support the transition. And net zero economy, but particularly focused on the film, TV and event sectors. They had an innovative idea to put film and TV editing production within both buildings, Camden St. East and West, which form neighbourhood. We've been able to attract productions to both base here and film here, including ITV DI Ray. We've also been able to attract another TV series, Joan. And we've also had BBC's Champion based here alongside a number of other sheets. We've made a particular point of only working with developers. Either have incredibly strong ESG sustainability agendas and acknowledge that wider purpose of of what they can do with sites and local community, but also with HBD's commitments to enabling a more creative use of the site before it gets redeveloped. The great thing about working with HPD is that we've been able to look at a lot of those corporate objectives that are embodied in the sustainability programmes of the longer term redevelopment of both this site and other sites. Although the building is gonna be coming to an end in its current format, we can actually continue the story of the building in other places by reusing those materials. Future of neighbourhood is exciting. We've got planning permission to deliver around 414 units that ranges from 1:00 to 2 and 3 bed apartments and two bed duplexes. With a lot of ground floor commercial unit space as well as loads of public ground, it puts well-being and sustainability at the heart of the jury quarter.
It has been great partnering these past three years and creating Camden Street Studios together, thank you for trusting us, and understanding the benefits of creative meanwhile use, whilst supporting us throughout in our commitment to only work with sustainable productions. Hopefully we will host a few more projects together at Camden Street in 2025 and work together at future sites.
Sustainable Projects Manager. Creating responsible meanwhile use studios, locations, infrastructure & services, enabling & supporting positive change across the creative and property industries.
2dIt has been great partnering these past three years and creating Camden Street Studios together, thank you for trusting us, and understanding the benefits of creative meanwhile use, whilst supporting us throughout in our commitment to only work with sustainable productions. Hopefully we will host a few more projects together at Camden Street in 2025 and work together at future sites.