Birmingham City University‘s transformation of the city’s Millennium Quarter is taking another huge step forward with Willmott Dixon appointed for a £31 million building project.

Curzon B is designed by Birmingham-based firm Associated Architects and follows Willmott Dixon’s completion of the £63 million Curzon Building in September last year, which is now a major landmark for hundreds of thousands of people arriving at Birmingham New Street by train.

The new Curzon B extension will house over 3,000 students and members of staff and feature more than 650-rooms, a Student Hub, lecture theatre and mock courtrooms.

It brings the value of work Willmott Dixon has completed for Birmingham City University (BCU) at its new Eastside campus to nearly £150 million, with the company also behind the Parkside Building, adjacent to Curzon.

It’s transformed this part of Birmingham into a thriving part of the city that’s home to thousands of students after the university transferred much of its campus to Eastside from Perry Bar.

Peter Owen, managing director for Willmott Dixon’s Midlands business: “We are delighted to be back working with BCU given our close relationship with the university since 2011 where we’ve helped give them a new central city campus that provides some of the best learning facilities in the country. This latest project really does make Birmingham the university capital of England.”