FORMER tax offices could be razed to create a sky-scraping 30-storey development under new plans for Scotland's biggest city.
Brutalist-style Portcullis House was built in the early 1970s for the old Glasgow Corporation and later became home to HM Revenue and Customs.
The block was put up for sale in May and it's understood that the current council failed in its bid to buy the building, which was snapped up by developers who now want to demolish it and create a new multi-storey residential scheme on the motorway-side site.
If successful, the Charing Cross project will create the city centre's tallest building.
Plans were unveiled by developer Watkin Jones Group today, two months after it completed the purchase of Portcuillis House from the Mapeley Investment Group.
As many as 825 units could be built there by 2024 in the build-to-rent move, which will include co-living housing.
Watkins Jones Group said: "There is extremely strong demand for this type of accommodation in Glasgow, providing high-quality rental accommodation in a highly sustainable location at the city’s west end, with easy access to transport links, amenities and places of work, and delivering much needed homes."
A formal notice has been submitted to the local council and a full planning application will go before the authority.
The proposals also include amenity and ancillary facilities, with potential retail, café and co-working spaces to come.
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel