WORK has started on a new AC by Marriott hotel in Glasgow City Centre. Ogilvie Construction is building the 245-bed property at George STreet/John Street for developer Chris Stewart Group. It is part of a £100 million mixed-use development which will transform most of...
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BUILDING Can Be Knocked Down For Merchant City Development
PLANNERS have agreed to the demolition of a city centre building as part of a major mixed-used development. The unlisted commercial premises at 152 Trongate, formerly a leather goods shop, will be knocked down to make way for the Candleriggs Quarter scheme which...
IN Pictures — Demolition Of Landmark High Flats Starts In Clydebank
THREE blocks of multi-storey flats in Clydebank are being knocked down. The properties -- Newshot, Edmonstone and Howcraigs courts -- had a total of 270 apartments. The demolition work has led to lane closures on neighbouring Glasgow Road. The blocks are beside Yoker...
GLASGOW’S New Prison Would Have ‘Friendly Face’ And Look Like Student Accommodation
THE Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has applied for permission to build a replacement for Barlinnie Prison on derelict land at Provanmill. The massive facility would be beside the Provan Gas Holder Station on Royston Road. SPS is seeking consent for the principle of...
MAJOR Flats Development Proposed For Land Beside River Clyde In East End
A DEVELOPER has applied to build 151 flats on a site in Glasgow's East End. Swan Group want to develop the properties beside Newhall Street, on a triangle of brownfield land next to the Clyde, across from Police Scotland's Dalmarnock building. A mix of one and...
CLEANER City Centre Air As Low Emission Bus Journeys Increase
BUS operators have marked the start of year two of Glasgow's Low Emission Zone (LEZ), which will see a significant increase in the proportion of city centre bus journeys that must be made with low emission vehicles. As part of the phased implementation of Glasgow's...
NATIONAL Organisation Moving Headquarters To New Bridgeton Office Pavilion
THE occupier for a £2million office development under construction in Glasgow’s East End has been confirmed. The premises in Landressy Street, on the corner with London Road in Bridgeton, will become the headquarters for the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC). The...
GLASGOW Football Club Can Kick Off 1,700-Seater Stadium Development
QUEEN’S Park Football Club has been given permission to turn its Lesser Hampden training grounds into a league-standard stadium with seating for more than 1,700. The site, next to Hampden Park on Glasgow’s South Side, will have a new 812-capacity East Stand, and an...
£1.8MILLION Restoration Contract To Be Awarded For Restoration Of 16th Century Glasgow Hall
GLASGOW City Council is inviting contractors to bid for a £1.8million project to restore and enhance 16th century Provan Hall. The category A listed building of national significance at Auchinlea Park, Easterhouse, beside the Fort shopping mall, one of the oldest...
NEW Application Brought Forward For Pollok Residential Development
A REVISED plan has been drawn up for flats and houses on a former school site beside White Cart Water, across from Pollok Country Park. Glasgow Housing Association are now proposing 26 properties on Damshot Crescent, at Libo Avenue, Pollok. There would be two blocks,...
