14/3/2008Green light for 335 Clydeside homes project
HUNDREDS of flats and family homes are to be built on the banks of the Clyde as part of a £60million Glasgow development.
The go-ahead has been given by the city council for 240 flats in four blocks and 95 townhouses near the site of the former Yoker power station.
The regeneration plan is the second phase of a project by Park Lane Developments and Strathclyde Homes.
Last year, the partners started work on 194 properties in five blocks on the same site.
Around 50 homes are already occupied and the remainder should be completed next summer.
John Murray, technical director of Park Lane, said the second phase of the development will be on the site of the railway sidings which served the power station and the former Rothesay Dock.
The land has had to be cleared due to industrial contamination and troublesome weeds.
Mr Murray said: "We hope work on phase two will begin in April or May next year and take around five years."
Part of the scheme will include extending the waterfront walkway and providing play areas.
The property boss added: "There is a demand for riverside flats and a demand in the area for family homes so we are constructing the correct balance.
"We are providing a wide mix of properties from one bedroom flats to five bedroom townhouses.
"The sales we have received so far in phase one have been steady.
Glasgow City council planning convener George Redmond said: "The development will help to revitalise and regenerate that part of the city and the mix and quality of housing has set a benchmark for that part of Glasgow and the surrounding area.
"There is still a bit of development opportunity on the Clyde but in the last five years developers have been queuing up to develop sites close to the river's edge.
"Here is another example of a developer realising the asset that the river is in getting people back into the city to live."
Dec 17, 2007
The go-ahead has been given by the city council for 240 flats in four blocks and 95 townhouses near the site of the former Yoker power station.
The regeneration plan is the second phase of a project by Park Lane Developments and Strathclyde Homes.
Last year, the partners started work on 194 properties in five blocks on the same site.
Around 50 homes are already occupied and the remainder should be completed next summer.
John Murray, technical director of Park Lane, said the second phase of the development will be on the site of the railway sidings which served the power station and the former Rothesay Dock.
The land has had to be cleared due to industrial contamination and troublesome weeds.
Mr Murray said: "We hope work on phase two will begin in April or May next year and take around five years."
Part of the scheme will include extending the waterfront walkway and providing play areas.
The property boss added: "There is a demand for riverside flats and a demand in the area for family homes so we are constructing the correct balance.
"We are providing a wide mix of properties from one bedroom flats to five bedroom townhouses.
"The sales we have received so far in phase one have been steady.
Glasgow City council planning convener George Redmond said: "The development will help to revitalise and regenerate that part of the city and the mix and quality of housing has set a benchmark for that part of Glasgow and the surrounding area.
"There is still a bit of development opportunity on the Clyde but in the last five years developers have been queuing up to develop sites close to the river's edge.
"Here is another example of a developer realising the asset that the river is in getting people back into the city to live."
Dec 17, 2007