Tramworks - Kelvinhaugh Street

  • Kelvinhaugh Street site
  • Kelvinhaugh Street will feature new student residences
  • Tramworks student residences under construction

Lead Partner: MacDonald Estates

Other Partners: Yeoman Mcallister

Project History
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  • D412 Kelvinhaugh St_19178 ET1
  • Kelvinhaugh Street site
  • Construction begins at the Kelvinhaugh Street site
  • The building will be home to new student flats
  • The new student flats under contruction
  • The new flats will be ready early 2014

Location:

Pacific Quay & SECC, Yorkhill

Description:

The student accommodation will provide a total of 233 bed spaces in 41 flats and 19 studio flats.

The development will include car parking, cycle storage, laundry and open landscaped space.

A NEW block of student flats will open in the West End in time for the new academic year.
The development in ­Kelvinhaugh Street, which is understood to cost £18million, has been named Tramworks.
It involves the redevelopment of a former plumbers' merchant, which has been ­lying vacant for years.
The development will provide accommodation for 230 students in individual studios or shared flats which will have a small double bed, work space and an en-suite shower room.
The flats will have an on-site gym for the sole use of the students and the cost is included in the rent.

The development in ­Kelvinhaugh Street has been named Tramworks.

It involves the redevelopment of a former plumbers' merchant, which has been ­lying vacant for years.

The flats will have an on-site gym for the sole use of the students and the cost is included in the rent.

Current status:

Construction is now underway and the development will be completed in time for the start of the academic year in Sep 2014.

Timescale:

2013 - 2014

Cost:

£18m