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- The Herald Scotland
£60m proposals for over 500 student flats backed by planners
Glasgow City Council is 'minded to grant' the new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development at the disused site at Carrick Street in the Broomielaw regeneration area.
The development will retain the adjacent Glasgow Mission building, which "has been woven into the PBSA design concept to complete the city block".
The plans are for around 21 storeys. (Image: LIV)
The Carrick Street development will deliver 'high-quality accommodation designed to meet the needs of Glasgow's growing student population, while contributing to the wider regeneration of the Broomielaw and River Clyde Waterfront'.
The proposal is located to promote bus, cycle and pedestrian use. Sustainability and low carbon credentials will also help Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government meet its net zero and climate emergency ambitions, the developer said.
Located just north of the River Clyde and within easy reach of key university campuses, the site sits in an area that has seen significant investment and transformation in recent years. The development is expected to enhance local vibrancy and further support Broomielaw's emergence as a dynamic, mixed-use neighbourhood, with improved east-west pedestrian links through the site, a south facing landscaped courtyard with seating and active ground floor commercial frontage.
David Saunders, managing director, Valeo Management Europe, said: 'We're proud to have secured this key step forward in delivering our first LIV Student development in Scotland.
'This milestone follows a collaborative design and planning process with Glasgow City Council, and we're grateful for the constructive iterative engagement that has helped shape a scheme we believe will make a positive and lasting contribution to the city.
'Broomielaw and the wider River Clyde Waterfront are undergoing an exciting period of regeneration, and we're proud that our development will support that transformation - not only by helping to meet the growing demand for high-quality student accommodation, but also by contributing to placemaking and acting as a catalyst for further investment in the area.'
Construction is anticipated to begin in March 2026, with the first students expected to move in by September 2028.
Mackintosh building to be sold by council for use as museum
One of the earliest buildings attributed to Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to be sold for use as a museum, The Herald can exclusively reveal.
The Martyrs' School in Glasgow's Townhead is to be sold by Glasgow City Council to the Bishops' Conference of Scotland to be used as a public museum of Scottish Catholic archives, housing artworks and artefacts.
The sale is due to be approved by the council's Contracts & Property committee next week.
The Herald understands that the category A-listed building will be sensitively refurbished through a £1.75 million works programme, funded by the Bishops' Conference of Scotland, who will pay £250,000 in the sale.
AROUND THE GREENS ⛳
Scotland's first indoor golf facility still going strong
This article appears as part of Kristy Dorsey's Around the Greens series
Indoor golf dates back to 1896, when famed Scottish professional Willie Dunn started an indoor golf school on 42nd Street in New York City as a wintertime instructional activity for women in athletic clubs.
