A £25 million hotel and casino project is set to go ahead opposite Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art in Royal Exchange Square.
The proposal for the city centre development have been approved
by planners.
A £25MILLION hotel and casino project opposite
Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art in Royal Exchange Square will go
before planners tomorrow.
Vivienne Nicoll
Local government correspondent
Monday 24/06/2013
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An artist's impression of the new development
It would result in shops at ground and first-floor
levels, around 1000sq m of leisure space on the second floor, a spa
and further leisure space on the third floor, a hotel with 96
bedrooms over the fourth to ninth floors and a double height public
bar on the 11th floor. The plan also involves using part of the
basement as leisure and bar space.
The intended opening hours of the bar and leisure
facilities are from 8am until 3am with the shops opening from
9.30am to 8pm.
The development in the Central Conservation Area
would result in A-listed buildings being modified and B-listed
buildings being partially demolished.
Richard Brown, Glasgow City Council's executive
director of development and regeneration, has recomm-ended it gets
full planning permission.
He says in a report: "The current proposals
represent a very significant regener-ation opportunity.
"The proposals would make use of part of the vacant
and derelict land within the city centre and would deliver
successful regeneration of a key city centre site.
"They would also attract economic activity by
providing 250 direct jobs.
"The development will deliver significant economic
benefit to Glasgow in a number of ways.
"Firstly, it can generate additional taxes and
rates at both a Glasgow City Council and at a national level.
"Significantly, it will deliver a positive boost to
the economy through much- needed jobs.
"One of the findings of the independent economic
impact report is that the retail aspect of the proposals will
augment the offering on Buchanan Street and the Style Mile rather
than competing with it."
Objectors have raised concerns about the pressure
the development, proposed by leisure and property millionaire James
Mortimer, would put on police.
But Mr Brown says: "There have been anti-social
issues surrounding this site, although these are a symptom of its
current condition and vacancy."
It is understood many of premises in the area of
the development, from Royal Exchange Square to Spring-field Court
are lying empty.
The development would result in shops at ground and first-floor
levels, around 1000sq m of leisure space on the second floor, a spa
and further leisure space on the third floor, a hotel with 96
bedrooms over the fourth to ninth floors and a double height public
bar on the 11th floor. The plan also involves using part of the
basement as leisure and bar space.
The development in the Central Conservation Area would result in
A-listed buildings being modified and B-listed buildings being
partially demolished.
Richard Brown, Glasgow City Council's executive director of
development and regeneration, has recommended it gets full planning
permission.
He says in a report: "The current proposals represent a very
significant regener-ation opportunity.
"The proposals would make use of part of the vacant and derelict
land within the city centre and would deliver successful
regeneration of a key city centre site.
"They would also attract economic activity by providing 250
direct jobs."
It is understood many of premises in the area of the
development, from Royal Exchange Square to Springfield Court are
lying empty.
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