Network Rail, in partnership with its joint venture development partner Blocwork, has unveiled proposals to redevelop a 0.75-hectare (1.85-acre) vacant site adjacent to Glasgow Queen Street Station. The project is aligned with Glasgow’s 2030 City Centre Strategy and aims to create an enhanced station quarter.
Proposals of Application Notices (PAN) have been submitted to Glasgow City Council outlining a plan that includes a new landmark office building, a new station entrance from North Hanover Street, enhanced retail space, and new public spaces. The development aims to improve the station environment for the circa 15 million customers who use Glasgow Queen Street each year. It also has the potential to create around 350 new jobs and various skills and training opportunities.
The project is designed to improve connectivity from the station to the city’s ongoing public realm programmes, including the new-look George Square and ‘The Avenues’. The first phase of the development will focus on delivering high-quality, sustainable office space, with future phases potentially including additional office and residential buildings, bringing the total commercial space to 40,000 square metres.
Robin Dobson, Group Property Director for Network Rail, said: “It’s an exciting time for Glasgow as the city’s recovery gains momentum with ambitious transformation and public realm projects being brought forward. Aligning with Glasgow’s 2030 City Centre Strategy, the plans unlock and transform disused railway land at the heart of the city, to enhance the station and create modern, connected spaces for people to live and work. The development is a great example of public and private sector collaboration, to deliver investment and community benefit. It is a real statement of our confidence in Glasgow and the potential for continued future growth.”
The design team for the project is led by Scottish-based architects Comprehensive Design Architects (CDA), in collaboration with Arup. As part of the statutory pre-application consultation process, a public consultation event will be held in the autumn to provide more information and gather feedback from the community.
