Creative industries
Pacific Quay and the Merchant City are two of the key locations for creative industries along the Clyde.
Pacific Quay is home to BBC Scotland and Scottish Media Group, Scotland’s two largest broadcasters. To support the growth of industries linked to these key broadcasters a series of developments is under way:
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Digital media quarter
– a series of specialist buildings for media businesses arranged around the historic Canting Basin of Princes Dock. The first building, Medius, is currently under construction
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Govan digital media centre
is designed as an environment where small businesses can grow. It houses a training centre to equip local people for careers in digital media.
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Film City Glasgow
– the former Govan Town Hall sits above the media quarter on the edge of the Pacific Quay site. It has been adapted for a range of film and sound production uses.
In the Merchant City projects are underway to support the growth of an emerging arts quarter between Trongate and the River Clyde. The area has been tranformed as retail units have been turned into galleries. Two larger projects are now underway:
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Trongate 103
, a large warehouse building has already been colonised by artists. It is now being adapted to ensure sustainability and to create facilities for public access
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Briggait
, the former fish market, has been used by sculptors for many years. Now WASPS, a specialist in managed studio space, is working to create many more studios and other facilities
Other smaller initiatives include the Govan Portal, Glasgow Studio Warehouse, Yorkhill.