Student accommodation earmarked for historic Glasgow office block
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Image: Mosaic Architecture + Design
A plan has been drawn up to convert vacant floors at a historic Glasgow city centre office and retail block into student accommodation.
About this development:
- Authority:Glasgow City
- Type:Residential
- Applications:
- Team:Ambassador Group (developer), mosaic architecture + design (architect)
Ambassador Group wants to refurbish and renovate Granite House, on the corner of Trongate and Stockwell Street.
Under plans designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design, 289 cluster and studio apartments will be provided over five upper floors.
Existing ground floor retail units would get new uniformed shop frontages. A landscaped rooftop amenity space would be formed and a central portion of the building would be removed to create a new courtyard.
A design document submitted with the planning application asserts: “This offers a positive redevelopment opportunity in an underutilized building within an urban setting which requires reinvigorating.”