Progress for Spectrum Properties’ new Glasgow flagship building

Progress for Spectrum Properties' new Glasgow flagship building

Spectrum House

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.

Operating in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirlingshire, Spectrum Properties has invested almost £20 million into the re-imagining and regeneration of Dalmarnock.



Also available are five remaining units, up to 1196 square feet in size.

Bill Roddie, chief executive of family-owned Spectrum Properties, who was born and raised in Glasgow’s East End, said: “We have been a key element in bringing the East End back to life, having rescued and re-purposed a number of outstanding architectural buildings which remained from the area’s Victorian heyday.

“It has been a long road to obtain the necessary permissions to realise our ambitions for the Dalmarnock area, and it is very heartening to see them start to come to fruition and begin to catalyse new economic activity and development.”

Roddie added: “Good progress is also being made on the CubeHQ co-working space, which will feature hot desks and private offices, as well as our new barista-style coffee shop. 



“We expect an opening date within the next few months.”

The project is using techniques to cut carbon footprint, such as employing modular buildings which were initially used as high-specification offices at the London Olympics in 2012 and subsequently at the construction of the Queensferry Crossing.

Spectrum House will serve as the company’s new headquarters, as well as a business centre.

The Spectrum House masterplan frees up the Spectrum Properties ex-HQ in the Strathclyde Business Centre, Carstairs Street, where it is looking for consents for conversion to 106 residential units in the building and on the surrounding ground.



The progress follows another Spectrum project which saw the A-listed Tollcross House, built in 1849, transformed into 13 rental apartments. 

Spectrum also restored the home of shipping magnate and philanthropist Sir William Burrell in an Alexander “Greek” Thomson terrace in Great Western Road in Glasgow, delivering four duplex homes.

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