It contains the Central Area Estates, namely: Park Central, Five Ways, Woodview, Benmore and the Sentinels (Clydesdale & Cleveland Towers).

These housing estates, as originally built by the council in 1955-72, suffered from structural problems, particularly damp, poor insulation and leaking roofs.

Most residents stayed because they could not afford to move, creating sink estates with social problems.

In 1999, Birmingham City Council transferred the Central Area Estates to the Optima Housing Association who, in partnership with Crest Nicholson, redeveloped the housing stock.

Around 1500 homes have been demolished and roughly the same number refurbished; over 500 new homes have been built, including executive-style townhouses and family apartments.

A new public park has been created on the Lee Bank Housing Estate; the Woodview tower blocks have been demolished and only 1 tower block still stands at Benmore.

In order to avoid "the sink estate cycle", many of these homes have been privately sold to affluent professionals who want to live near the city centre.

This process has involved rebranding the Central Area Estates as the Attwood Green Quarter after Thomas Attwood, the first MP for Birmingham in 1832.