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Glasgow City Council set itself an ambitious target of 40,000 residents living in the city centre by 2035. The local authority has made good progress in recent years and with a number of developments currently underway or on the horizon, they will be hoping to reach that target.
Major schemes including those in Cowcaddens and Sauchiehall Street sit alongside the Charing Cross Gateway project as fantastic opportunities to revitalise the city centre.
Keep reading for six major resiential developments built, building or planned for Glasgow city centre.
1. Candleriggs Square
A £300million transformation of a 3.6 acre site - bound by Hutcheson Street, Trongate, Candleriggs and Wilson Street - into a vibrant mixed-use community bringing together new homes, offices, hotels and local amenities. The site has lain derelict and inaccessible for more than a decade. | Contributed
2. Yorkhill Quay
One of the most ambitious waterfront plans. Located next to the Riverside Museum, it will eventually see 500 buy-to-rent homes, 400 co-living units, 200 flats for sale, a hotel and a leisure development across five plots. | Contributed
3. Port Dundas Road
Up to 1250 new homes could be built on the site of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on Port Dundas Road. Developers are currently being sought for the site, which would see a combination of rent, private sale, student accommodation or a combination of those. | Google Maps
4. Station House St Enoch
West of Scotland Housing Association's conversion of the former Glasgow and South Western Railway headquarters is a first for the city centre. 28 mid-market rent homes will hit the market when completed. | MAST