Pictured above: (l-r) Matt Burgin, Director, Stoford
Developments; Deputy Mayor of Sandwell Council, Councillor Ann
Shackleton; Councillor Ian Jones; Neil Rogers, President, Global
Government and Health, BT Global Services
The 'topping out' ceremony at the BT building in Providence
Place on Tuesday 7th June marked the completion of an £18
million investment in West Bromwich.
The final brick was laid at the 70,000sq ft office complex in
front of representatives from BT, Sandwell Council, Advantage West
Midlands, the Birmingham-based developers Stoford and construction
company Bowmer and Kirkland, just nine months after work got
underway on the state-of-the-art building, scheduled to officially
open in October.
The contemporary office space will be a flagship for
environmentally sustainable regeneration and is the first new
development in West Bromich for more than 30 years,
It will bring 450 new jobs to the borough as well as house 500
Transform Sandwell employees who provide key services for Sandwell
Council.
Councillor Ian Jones, Sandwell's cabinet member for jobs and
economy, said: "It's fantastic to see this superb building
completed. Providence Place is a vital part of the redevelopment of
the town as high quality office space will help attract new
investment."
Dave Ratcliffe, CEO Transform Sandwell (BT's partnership with
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council), said: "BT is delighted to
be opening this exciting new building and to be involved in the
overall regeneration of West Bromwich. The building will further
BT's joint working with the council allowing them to utilise brand
new flexi desk space and further expand their flexible working
programme."
Jon Andrews, Managing Director of Stoford said "Today's event is
a landmark for one of the West Midlands biggest regeneration
schemes that will attract business and create quality jobs in West
Bromwich for many years come."
Earlier this year the development site, formerly known as All
Saints was renamed Providence Place, a reference to the chapel that
was originally located on the site. It is at the junction of the
A41 Expressway and Cronehills Linkway, and will provide a total of
£245,000 sq ft of new office space for West Bromwich.