Collegelands is one of Scotland’s largest regeneration projects. Dawn Group in partnership with Glasgow City Council have produced a Masterplan for the regeneration of the former railway siding into a vibrant, new commercial, leisure and residential district in Glasgow City centre.
The project consists of over a million square feet of space: containing a mix of offices, a hotel, multi-storey car park, student accommodation, residential units and retail.
Phase 1 is fully funded by Standard Life Investments and is currently under construction, comprising:
• 102,000 sqft office space for Glasgow City Council
• 1,170 space Multi-storey car park
• 640 Bed Student Residences
• 200 Bed Ramada hotel
Work has commenced on site and completion of Phase 1 is anticipated in Autumn 2011.
This project will be a tremendous boost to Glasgow City Centre and more importantly comes at a time when the financial climate dictates many developments will not progress beyond the planning stage. Collegelands with its proximity to the motorway network, a major Railway Station; linking Glasgow with Edinburgh once the Airdrie to Bathgate line is complete, and one of the city's main bus arterial routes is ideally placed as a city centre commercial district.
The new multi-storey car park at Collegelands will accommodate 1,170 cars and will be operated by City Parking, which is owned by Glasgow City Council. Please follow this link for more details.
