The St Enoch Centre will be replaced with a development including shops, offices and homes.
An artist's impression of the new-look St Enoch Centre which will reinstate the city's grid street system
Property developer Sovereign Centros has secured approval for its plans which will include new streets and see the city's grid system reinstated.The St Enoch Centre was opened in 1989 and earned the nickname "Glasgow's greenhouse" due to its glass roof.The latest headlines from ScotlandThe replacement development will be made up of shops, offices, restaurants, more than 900 homes, a pub and a four-star hotel, among other proposals.
There is to be a newly formed "St Enoch Street" to the south and an extended Maxwell Street to the east, the paper presented to the planning applications committee said. The proposals were created to show how the St Enoch Centre could be sustainably developed over a number of phases. This would allow retailers, restaurants and leisure operators to stay open throughout.Guy Beaumont, director at Sovereign Centros, said: "This marks a milestone moment for St Enoch Centre and underlines the council's commitment to meeting the needs and demands of people who live and work in the city centre.
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