Plans for the Collegelands Park development in Calton have been submitted to Glasgow City Council. Part of a wider £95m multi-use residential development, the scheme will deliver 591 PBSA beds alongside Build to Rent apartments, a contemporary art centre and a 2.5 acre park.
The final plans for the scheme were unveiled in May this year. The five-acre Collegelands Park site borders Duke Street and High Street.
The joint venture – Glasgow Enlightenment Limited – is between developer Dawn Developments Limited and property development, investment, and management firm Drum Property Group.
The Collegelands regeneration project was launched in 2004 in a bid to bring new homes and opportunities to the Calton area of the city. Today, it has a thriving community, a new Moxy hotel, offices, homes and shops – and is seen as one of Scotland’s most successful mixed-use developments.
“It’s great to share the final vision for Collegelands Park and I’d like to thank everyone who came along to our consultation meetings and gave us their views on how the development could best serve the local community.
“We have lowered the heights of the buildings to address concerns around visual impact and have taken on board the feedback on how the park should look from local residents and community groups.
“We are very excited about plans for the development, which will deliver new green space, cultural activities and rented accommodation for the local community, along with much-needed homes for students in Glasgow, which has the largest shortage of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK.
“It will offer a real opportunity for students to develop lasting ties with the city and become part of the local community.”
Paul O’Donnell, Glasgow Enlightenment
The arts facility at Collegelands Park would be built by the charity Dream Machine Productions. The venue will offer hireable event space, a community lounge and a café opening out to the courtyard, with ‘Happy to Chat’ benches, free Wi-Fi, charging points and spaces that encourage outdoor remote working.
“We have been renting our present space for a long time but it will be amazing to have our own purpose-built hub where we can host meetup groups, provide space for community events, put on a year-round public relaxation programme and become a home for many other community projects bringing value to us all.
Matt Lygate, Founder, Dream Machine
