Glasgow city center faces a crisis with declining footfall, vacant storefronts, and stalled renovations. The rapid rise in construction costs and interest rates have hampered much-needed residential conversions. Experts warn that Glasgow's reinvention from its post-industrial decline has stalled, leaving the city struggling to define its future.
The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice building at Carlton Place in Glasgow . The city council established a Built Heritage Commission last year to manage and restore vacant and derelict properties.The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice building at Carlton Place in Glasgow . The city council established a Built Heritage Commission last year to manage and restore vacant and derelict properties.
The decline in footfall and rise in online shopping, accelerated by the pandemic, has hit hard, while the rapid inflation in construction costs and interest rates means that much-needed residential conversions have stalled.Last year began with what some considered a clarion call and others a provocation when the writer, critic and former editor of the Architects’ Journal Rory Olcayto published a.
There are pockets of redevelopment along the River Clyde, including the newly opened Govan-Partick Bridge, “but not enough and it’s not joined up”, says Olcayto. Major cultural centres such as the Lighthouse and the Centre for Contemporary Arts are mothballed, while the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh buildingPhotograph: Wattie Cheung/The Guardian
GLASGOW CITY CENTER DECLINE VACANT PROPERTIES REGENERATION
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