A Kuwaiti developer has unveiled plans to build the tallest office building in Birmingham as part of a £158m city centre development after years of delays.

Property company Salhia is poised to start work on the project later this year, and is seeking companies to occupy the office space, which will sit alongside new homes, shops, restaurants and a hotel. The site where the scheme will be built is known as Beorma Quarter, which takes its name from the first settlement of Birmingham during the Anglo-Saxon period.

Part of the development will be a 30-storey office building, the tallest in the city. The development of such a large office building hints at the increasing number of companies looking to relocate out of London.

A hotel building and the city's BT Tower are the only taller structures in the city.

Plans for the redevelopment of the 2.25-acre site have been in the pipeline for almost 10 years but have been beset by delays thanks to challenging market conditions and the complex nature of the site. An initial phase to refurbish an existing building on the site has already been completed.