Hammerson launches Spiceal Street
Published: 26 November, 2011
New restaurant quarter opens at Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham
The 20,000-sq ft extension has attracted three new restaurant brands and is set around St Martin's Square and the iconic Selfridges building.
Opening its UK flagship restaurant at Spiceal Street is Birmingham-based Handmade Burger Cowhich pioneers local fresh food and ingredients. Thai banquet-style ChaoBaby, and Browns Bar and Brasserie are both new to the city. As part of the development existing restaurants Nando's and Pizza Hut have extended their trading space by 54 and 20 per cent respectively.
Lawrence Hutchings, Hammerson's managing director UK retail said: "Shopping has become much more about an overall experience and while we have a fantastic fashion offer here at Bullring we wanted to create a destination which delivers great food in a striking environment."
The £7.5m scheme, designed by architects Chapman Taylor, is named after the original Spiceal Street, and takes its name from the medieval word for spice merchant dating back to the area's roots as a market street in the 1700's.
Bullring is now owned in a three-way joint venture between Hammerson, Henderson Global Investors and Future Fund.
