Mailbox - Pupilvision Version

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The Mailbox is one of the many developments in
Birmingham which have, among other things
provided more living space near to the central
business district (CBD).
The mailbox was built on the site of an old post
sorting office, hence the name. This means it
was built on a Brownfield site.
The mailbox spreads over 25 acres of land and is
thought to be the biggest multi-purpose building
in Birmingham and the Midlands
The apartments in the mailbox are aimed at
executives who work and want easy access to the
city centre.
The Mailbox
The building contains a range of functions
including - 40 shops 2 hotels, one of them opens
in 2002. 200 apartments New headquarters of BBC
Birmingham.
The mailbox is a regenerated building. Its shell
is the same as that of the original sorting
office.
Many of the forty shops are also aimed at the
independent sector of society and those on the
upper end of the pay scales.
By Robert Cross
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The mailbox, as is shown here by the green arrow,
is very easy to access. It can also be noted
that it is close, within walking distance that
is, of the main banking and office area of
Colmore Row.
It is also easily accessible via cars as well due
to its closeness to the inner ring road and good
sign posting.
It is also easy to access by train with its
closeness to New Street Station and Moor Street
Station.
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www.streetmap.co.uk
Suffolk Street Queensway
The mailbox is a prominent feature at the side of
the Suffolk Street Queensway. It is in the
middle of a fairly built - up urban area, as can
be seen on the aerial photographs.
Local high - rise buildings.
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There are many shops in the mailbox including-
Hugo Boss, DKNY, Harvey Nichols and Toni Guy 
Essensuals.
The Shops
They are situated on a two tier waterfront
walkway.
The whole complex contains, as previously
mentioned, 40 shops. All of these are exclusive
shops and many will not be found on the common
city high street.
The number of shops and services that the mailbox
provides, means that it will have a sphere of
influence.
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• A typical apartment in the mailbox would comprise
  of -
• An entrance hall
• Lounge/dining room
• Integrated kitchen
• Two bedrooms (master en-suite)

The Apartments
There are more exclusive penthouse apartments at
the top of the mailbox with views out over the
canal or the city.
Some of the apartments
The price of an apartment in the mailbox varies
between about 225,000 and 350,000
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The Hotels
There are soon to be two hotels in the mailbox.
One of them is a Days Inn and the other is going
to be a Malmaison.
The Days Inn hotel contains 90 bedrooms and it is
described as being along the waterfront (the
canal) and it therefore has views out over it.
Malmaison will be a larger, more up-market,
hotel. It opens in the autumn of 2002 and will
contain 200 rooms, a spa and pool, a health club
and conference facilities. It is estimated as
being a four star hotel
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Web and Bibliography
In this project I did not require any books for
the research. I did, however, use the internet a
lot.

• My pictures of the mailbox came from
  www.freefoto.com
• my location map and aerial photographs came from
  www.streetmap.co.uk
• My basic background information came from
  www.mailboxlife.com
• Further detailed information came from -
• www.malmaison.com
• www.rightmove.co.uk

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This concludes my presentation. Thank you for
watching.
By Robert Cross K.E. Camp Hill School For Boys