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Key Highlights
- Developers have secured permission to build new student flats in Glasgow city center. The site is located at the junction of St Vincent Street and Pitt Street.
- The new plans call for a 321-studio student accommodation complex. This replaces previously approved plans for a 248-bed hotel and 248 serviced apartments.
- The developer switched plans due to market conditions. The hotel plan was pulled because of COVID-19’s impact on hospitality. The serviced flats couldn’t get funding due to occupancy restrictions.
- Homes will operate the student flats for Students, a student housing provider. The developer sees a strong demand for quality student housing in Glasgow.
- The new student flats will be built on the site of a mid-1980s office block. The building design stays the same as the previously approved hotel plans.
Latest Update: News in detail
Glasgow City Council Planning Department gives the green light for a new student housing complex in the city center. The development plans to set up shop at St Vincent Street and Pitt Street junction, on the spot currently hosting an unoccupied office building from the mid-1980s.
Artisan Real Estate, the developer, submitted plans of a 321-studio complex to be run by the student housing provider, Homes for Students. Given the site’s history, these plans are the third version after initially approved proposals of a 248-bedroom hotel and 248 serviced apartments didn’t come to fruition.
Artisan Real Estate switched gears to student housing due to evolving market conditions. COVID-19’s hit to the hospitality sector made the hotel a non-starter. Occupancy limits sealed the deal, making funding for the serviced apartments impossible to secure.
Responding to the well-known demand for top-notch student housing in Glasgow, Artisan joined forces with Homes for Students for its new project. A demand assessment filed alongside the plans points out the city’s student accommodation falls short, considering the swelling student numbers.
Architecturally, the new student housing complex will mirror the scale and design of the previously greenlit hotel project. Amendments involve a taller gap between the 7th and 8th floors on the south-facing side and moving the entrance.
Soon, construction will start, waiting for the last ticks of approval. City planners and developers are optimistic. They foresee the project meeting Glasgow students’ accommodation needs in a top location
Summary:
Glasgow is set to reduce student accommodation issues – a new 321-studio complex just got the green signal from the council. Student housing provider, Homes, will supervise the studios for Students. Notably, earlier plans for a hotel were swapped for serviced flats. The chosen locations, St Vincent St and Pitt St, are primed to cater to Glasgow’s surging student mass.
