Plans to repurpose 1970s office block into student accommodation on Bothwell Street submitted

Dwindling occupancy rates at six-storey the office block, located at 33 Bothwell Street, has seen Cordatus Real Estate and 3DReid Architects lodge the plans to turn the 1970s building into 99-bedroom spaces in a mix of 72 studios, seven accessible studios, 20 cluster bedrooms, and 53 cycling spaces on the ground floor. It is expected that the building will be vacant by November 2025.

Futher, plans have been lodged to extend the building to eight-storeys with the inclusion of a rooftop extension which would see it tie in with the nearby Mercantile Building.

Montagu Evans said in the planning statement that the proposal would help contribute to “long-term viablity” through regeneration and re-purposing.

It said: “The Proposal will contribute to the long-term viability of the Glasgow City Centre by pro-actively regenerating and re-purposing a 1970s commercial building that does not meet current occupier requirements and is predicted to be vacant by November 2025.”

The building currently holds a small number of businesses and a Starbucks on the basement level.