Island House and Westview are middle-income rental buildings; tenants with incomes of $48,000 to $96,600 pay $1,150 to $1,200 a month for two-bedroom apartments.

The Croft pub was renamed The Island House upon the creation of the dual carriageway, but this is now closed.

Island House and Rivercross were designed by Johansen & Bhavnani.

The Island House includes a science lab with state-of-the-art equipment and a flat-screen television.

Phase 1 will be the phase covering the largest area and has a subphase known as Phase 1a which includes Island House.

Island House was a locally listed building in Birmingham's Eastside area.

As of January 2012 there was a campaign to save Island House, which Quintain had successfully applied for permission to demolish.

Island House had been resided in by a total of 15 District Commissioners since 1949.