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Breathing new life into historic hotel

Birmingham Mail

April 18, 2026

TRANSFORMATION OF LISTED BUILDING SET TO BEGIN

- KIRSTY BOSLEY News Reporter

WORK is set to begin on the transformation of the Murdoch and Pitman Chambers in Birmingham's Corporation Street - a grade II*-listed Birmingham hotel which once played host to Mahatma Gandhi.

It is a year since it was revealed that funding of £1.8m had been made available to turn the 19th century space into a brand new four star hotel.

Now the construction contract is being finalised and construction is set to begin converting and extending the building to a luxurious 156-room hotel.

Trigram Properties confirmed it was preparing to start work on the redevelopment with construction expected to commence in the next few months.

This story is from the April 18, 2026 edition of Birmingham Mail.

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