The Mailbox
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The Mailbox is an upmarket development of offices, exclusive designer shops, restaurants, bars and luxury city-centre apartments in Birmingham, England. There is also a mini supermarket. The Mailbox spans several floors, is very long, and at the back is the Birmingham and Worcester Canal.
The building was formerly the Royal Mail's main sorting office for Birmingham (hence its new name), but the redevelopment involved demolition of all but the steel sub-structure.
In 2004 BBC Birmingham moved into a new complex of studios at the Mailbox which replaces the Pebble Mill site. The general public is able to watch radio and television broadcasts being made at an all-access public foyer, as well as surf the BBC website and buy BBC merchandise. On 31 October 2005, eighty-one year-old actress Mary Wimbush died at The Mailbox studios shortly after a recording session for The Archers.
The Mailbox also has a hotel and spa. At the back of The Mailbox it is possible to walk over a bridge and walk along the canals near Gas Street Basin. The complex is currently erecting a new state-of-the-art mix-use building called the Cube. This accompanying structure is to be the final phase in the completion of the Mailbox. The Cube will house a rooftop restaurant, boutique hotel and residential apartments.