And for the full story of our BBC Midlands investigation into AWM's asset trail, make a date with Inside Out in the Midlands at 19:30 GMT on BBC One on Monday.
For example, the site of the one-time BBC Pebble Mill studios and the former MG Rover works at Longbridge were among AWM's investments intended to pave the way towards a series of "technology corridors" radiating out of Birmingham, in this case, towards Bromsgrove.