A new £60m office block development is to replace the old Odeon cinema in the heart of Glasgow.
New office accommodation is being created for up to 1800 workers
in a key location in the centre of Glasgow.
Originally a music venue, the theatre on the corner of Renfield
Street and West Regent Street attracted chart topping singers and
bands in the 1960s, hosting concerts by some of the world's top
performers, including Cliff Richard, Dusty Springfield and Roy
Orbison along with the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
Costing £60 million, the development is the first Grade A new
build of its kind in Glasgow's central business district in almost
five years, and will help tackle an acute shortage of quality,
modern office accommodation in the city centre.
Shop units on the ground floor are also planned and construction
work is expected to be completed in the run up to Christmas next
year.
While the developers, Mountgrange and PRUPIM, are demolishing
the cinema's red-brick auditorium, the historic white granite art
deco facade and foyer on Renfield Street are being
saved.Source:
The Evening Times - New look for the old Odeon