Calthorpe Estates Win Sustainable Development of the Year Award

November 2007

Property developers and investors Calthorpe Estates scooped the prestigious ‘Sustainable Development of the Year’ award at the annual West Midlands Insider Property Awards for their £2.2 million office scheme, 19 George Road in Edgbaston.

The 12,545 sq ft development, let by Chartered Tax Advisers Shaws and designed by 3DReid, won the category for its exceptional green credentials. The scheme incorporated some of the latest requirements for a sustainable building including high levels of insulation, ‘fresh cooling’ energy conservation measures and a kalzip roofing system and had already been awarded Birmingham’s first BREEAM* rating of ‘excellent’ for an office building earlier this year.

Over 800 of the Midlands’ leading property professionals gathered to celebrate the best new commercial developments undertaken in the UK over the past 12 months.

The judges said: “Calthorpe Estates wins for producing Birmingham’s first BREEAM excellent-rated building. This company really is doing something different with office buildings.”

David Povall, Commercial Director at Calthorpe Estates commented: “This is another outstanding achievement for 19 George Road, which has already received a number of other industry accolades. It is a great example of our commitment to sustainability, which has been at the heart of Calthorpe Estates for nearly three centuries, and has set the benchmark for commercial schemes within Birmingham.”

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