THIS is the first glimpse of the dramatic £80million transformation planned
for Glasgow's Savoy Centre.
The two-storey mall will become a 30-storey landmark which will include
office space and a 221-bedroom hotel.
And the top floor will be turned over to the highest restaurants in the city
offering breathtaking views.
Around 6000sq m of office space will be created.
As part of the scheme, the ugly walkway taking pedestrians from the
shopping centre over Renfrew Street to the Royal Scottish Academy of
Music and Drama will be demolished.
It is expected Belfast-based developer PNB Properties will submit plans
for the ambitious project to Glasgow City Council in the next few weeks.
Damien Mitchell, PNB property director, said: "The Savoy has been part
of the city centre landscape for more than 30 years. We believe the time
has come to revive, modernise and expand the centre's offering.
"Our proposals will provide an array of new amenities, including a hotel,
restaurants and office space, as well as creating a new landmark building
for Glasgow city centre and improving business opportunities for existing
tenants.
"The Savoy will offer a new class of restaurants to Glasgow, boasting
panoramic views of the city from the 30th floor."
Mr Mitchell said the new scheme has been devised to allow all the existing
traders who want to remain in the centre to do so.
James H _________________ The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.....
Wow... are they demolishing it and starting again?? _________________ Now coming at you with 95% more significance, 1% less salt and virtually fat free!
THE £80million transformation of the Savoy Centre is expected to get the
go-ahead tomorrow.
Belfast company PBN Holdings wants to remodel the existing building to create
a landmark 32-storey hotel and office block.
This will involve demolishing the north-east corner of the existing Savoy
Centre and removing the unsightly pedestrian bridge across Renfrew Street.
It is expected the new hotel, office and shopping complex will create more
than 900 jobs with a further 200 during construction.
The first 15 floors of the glass tower will accommodate the new 221-bedroom
hotel with the remaining 14 storeys providing more than 11,500sq m of offices.
The building will be topped with a rooftop restaurant offering views across
the city.
According to planning bosses, the tower will be significantly taller than the
existing highest building in the city centre - the 17-storey Cineworld complex.
The shopping centre will be completely refurbished and the existing Savoy
Tower will be increased in height from 13 to 15 storeys using the same glass
cladding as the main tower block.
James H _________________ The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.....
AN £80million plan to transform the "eyesore" Savoy Centre into a soaring glass
tower has been given the go-ahead.
Glasgow planning boss Shaukat Butt said he hoped other developers would
now come forward with ambitious plans for the city.
Belfast company PBN Holdings has been given permission to create a landmark
32-storey hotel and office bloc.
As reported in yesterday's Evening Times, the existing market will remain but
will be upgraded, the pedestrian bridge across Renfrew Street will be removed
and a new civic space created outside the Royal Scottish Academy of Music
and Drama.
An extra two floors will be added to the existing 13-storey Savoy Tower office
block which will also be encased in glass.
Greater Pollok Councillor Alex Glass told the planning committee: "As a Cowcaddens
boy, I will be glad to see the back of that eyesore."
It is expected the new hotel, office and market complex will create more than
900 jobs with a further 250 in the construction phase.
The new 32-storey tower, which will be built on the corner of Renfrew Street
and Hope Street will have a rooftop restaurant offering panoramic views across
the city.
James H _________________ The blinding obvious is what you showed to me.....
It's better than the concrete <soviet> block thats there just now _________________ Now coming at you with 95% more significance, 1% less salt and virtually fat free!
Glasgow is a city of might-have-beens, perfectly summed up by the cancellation of the Elphinstone Place project. Along with the gap site created by that fiasco, we still have a gaping void nearby where the Albany Hotel stood, and the weed-infested hole in the ground in Pitt Street where the Elgin Place Church/Cardinal Follies stood.
And what's happening with the Jeremiah Hotel thing at York/Argyle Street corner?
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