A half-a-billion-pound plan to transform a huge, long-term derelict site into a housing, leisure and business development has been unveiled for Glasgow.
Hundreds of homes, manufacturing and tech premises, and hotels are planned for the 100-hectare site which straddles Glasgow and South Lanarkshire.
Clyde Gateway is behind the master plan for the Shawfield and Dalmarnock area.
A new community of 450 homes has been proposed for the redevelopment of the old Shawfield stadium, once a speedway, dog racing and Clyde FC football stadium, now lying unused, together with a 150-bedroom hotel, has received outline planning consent from South Lanarkshire Council.
Priority pipeline developments include Red Tree Labs, XWorks High Value Manufacturing, and a landmark Innovation Central building, a centrally located anchor building providing flexible workspace and event facilities next to the River Clyde.
In Shawfield, Red Tree Labs will deliver flexible laboratory spaces, addressing the growing demand for high-quality research space in Glasgow.
A 130-bed hotel next to Dalmarnock train station, close to the Emirates Arena and Celtic Park, is proposed as well.
Dalmarnock Riverside will provide almost 80,000 sq ft of lab-enabled office space across two buildings.
Martin McKay, chief executive of Clyde Gateway, said: “Clyde Gateway Innovation represents the next chapter in our nationally significant regeneration journey, one that will attract world-class talent, business and investment into Glasgow’s east end.
“With a focus on high-growth sectors like advanced manufacturing, life sciences and clean energy, this masterplan reflects our ambition to create a place where innovation and community go hand in hand. We’re building a sustainable, scalable ecosystem that will support everything from start-ups and university spinouts to major employers, while continuing to deliver jobs, homes and opportunities for local people. This is about thinking globally and acting locally, and we’re just getting started.”
The masterplan is supported by Glasgow City Council, South Lanarkshire Council, Scottish Enterprise and Strathclyde University.
Clyde Gateway said: "It features a development-ready pipeline of commercial and industrial opportunities across High Value Manufacturing, Research & Development, Sci-Tech, Health & Life Sciences, and other sectors.
“It includes the potential for one million square feet of flexible business and commercial floorspace, innovation labs, sites for two hotels and residential development, all with direct access to existing low carbon heat networks and green infrastructure centred on the river Clyde corridor.”
Victoria Carmichael, director of property and major projects at Scottish Enterprise: “This ambitious new phase of the Clyde Gateway programme dovetails perfectly with our mission-based approach to transforming Scotland’s economy.
"By collaborating with key partners, it’s our ambition to help attract more investment to infrastructure focused projects and accelerate the creation of world-class industrial accommodation that will function as growth hubs for high-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing.”
