The site, located at London Road, Springfield Road cross, beside the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and the Emirates Arena, is included in Glasgow City Council’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan, and the proposals will greatly support the housing offer in the area, providing both social and mid-market tenures.

The plans developed comprise a mix of family-sized townhouses, apartments, and adaptable and accessible dwellings, providing homes for a broad range of housing needs.

The site has been vacant for a long time. The proposals seek to repair gaps in the urban fabric by establishing strong street frontages and redefining Springfield Cross. A landscape-led placemaking strategy supports this, with a range of attractive green spaces and public realm woven through the development.

Two ground-floor commercial units will provide a positive activation of the north corner onto London Road and the public realm, leading to the Emirates Arena. At the heart of the project is a sensitive and coherent architectural approach that nods to a tenemental scale to the north, while mediating with terraced housing in the Athlete’s Village to the south.

Susanne Sharif of Collective Architecture said: “It has been a positive and rewarding pre-development process working closely with Glasgow City Council to refine the proposals ahead of planning.

“This development will bring long-term vacant land back into use and deliver high quality affordable homes that strengthen the local community and support its growth. We look forward to gaining planning consent from GCC and seeing this move a step forward to construction in 2027.”

The proposed development will include 108 homes for social rent, which will be managed by Wheatley Homes, and 49 affordable homes managed by Lowther, both part of Wheatley. There will also be two commercial units.

The design team includes contractor McTaggart Construction, G3 - structural and civil engineering, TGP – landscape architecture, Reid Associates – QS and EA, Carbon Futures – energy consultant, Hawthorne Boyle – M&E engineering, and Montagu Evans – planning consultant.