A PLAN has been drawn up to convert vacant floors at a historic Glasgow city centre building into student accommodation.

Ambassador Group want to refurbish and renovate office and retail block Granite House, on the corner of Trongate and Stockwell Street.

Student rooms would be provided over five upper floors. There would be a total of 289 of cluster and studio apartments.

Existing ground floor retail units would get new uniformed shop frontages. A landscaped rooftop amenity space would be formed and a central portion of the building would be removed to create a new courtyard.

A design document submitted with the planning application asserts: “This offers a positive redevelopment opportunity in an underutilized building within an urban setting which requires reinvigorating.”

The proposal is pending assessment by city council officials.