A historic Glasgow building that was once used as a nightclub has been granted planning for it to be redeveloped into a new PBSA development.
Glasgow City Council’s planning committee approved an application by real estate investor CA Ventures to partially demolish buildings on Queen Street and build a 14-storey PBSA block with 195 student beds.
Currently, the city centre building on Queen Street, built in the early 1830s, stands at four storeys and it is now due to be rejuvenated.
“The site was occupied as the Archaos nightclub, however the nightclub owners went into liquidation and the upper floors have been vacant since 2010.
“the ground floor was let for a period in 2017, but the building has remained largely vacant in recent years and fallen into a state of disrepair.”
“It will deliver economic development benefits within the city centre through investment in the built fabric, increased population, and the creation of employment opportunities”.
Glasgow Council report
The Georgian façade of the existing building will be retained to ensure the legacy of the original building remains. The proposals will bring a new lease of life to the rapidly deteriorating building.
The new PBSA development will include a range of amenities including a cinema, gym, games lounge, dining room and study area. There will also be a ground floor commercial unit, intended for reoccupation by Tam Shepherd’s Trick Shop.
“This decision marks flow design’s 4th major planning approval in the last 9 months, and we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the various stakeholders for their proactive contributions throughout the process. This collaborative journey, and the resulting design, received high praise from the committee members.
flow design Architects
“Far too many names to applaud individually, but the efforts across-the-board on this application have been second to none.”
Other members of the project team include Scott Hobbs Planning, Montagu Evans, Rankin Fraser Landscape Architecture, Orbit Communications, calfordseaden, Etive Consulting, Jensen Hughes and RM Visuals.
