Glasgow

Glasgow’s Egyptian Halls has moved a step closer to being saved after councillors approved funding of £600,000.  The council will provide developer Ediston with up to £600,000 to advance plans to bring the category A-listed building back into use.

Glasgow City Council has approved a £674 million investment plan to deliver more than 6,500 affordable homes over five years, with the potential to almost double that number if additional funding becomes available.

SSE has formally opened its new office in Glasgow’s Aurora building, creating a new space for roughly 640 colleagues from across the group. Spanning across four floors at the Aurora building at Glasgow’s 120 Bothwell Street, the new office was officially opened by cabinet secretary for e

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) has been granted planning permission to transform a long-term vacant site in the north of Glasgow into 33 affordable homes. The development, which is located on Allander Street on the edge of Cowlairs Park, will include a mix of terraced houses and cottage

The former Dunnes Stores building on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street could be turned into a “boutique” hotel, under plans submitted to the council. 

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland and Caledonian Properties have received an Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC) planning consent from Glasgow City Council for their Lumloch View and Lumloch Grove developments off Robroyston Road, delivering 300 new homes across two neighbourhoods. Lumloch

The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has welcomed confirmation from the UK government that it will contribute £6 million in funding to go towards the campus’ expansion plans, Destination SEC.

The Glasgow-based design and construction firm Maxwells (Scotland) Limited has been placed into liquidation, following HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) court action against the firm. 

A leading heritage charity has called for ownership of the fire-damaged Mackintosh Building to pass from the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) to a new independent entity, arguing this is the surest route to a faithful reconstruction of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece. The Charles Rennie Mac

A £1 million grant scheme will support owners to bring vacant listed buildings in Glasgow back into productive use.

A new flagship building for Spectrum Properties in the East End of Glasgow is seeing progress, with new commercial units being bought. Later in October, ground floor units in Spectrum House will be offered onto the market for rental, with half of the commercial units currently marked for occupation.

Glasgow's Argyle line and Central Low Level station will undergo improvement work delivered by Network Rail engineers for two weekends later in October.  On 24 and 25 October, work will go ahead and will also take place on 31 October and 1 November.  

In Glasgow’s Nelson Mandela Place, a new statue of Mandela has been unveiled, positioned on a plinth of South African granite in the city centre.

Proposals to transform the area around Anderston Station and improve connections between the city centre and West End are now open for public consultation. Connecting Anderston would create a safer, greener gateway beneath the M8, with accessible walking and wheeling routes, while closing a key gap

Landscape architecture practice OOBE has completed new outdoor spaces at a student accommodation development on St Vincent Street, bringing colourful planting, street trees and new places to sit to one of Glasgow city centre’s busiest streets.