SOLLER Group has had plans approved for the build of a 357 residential apartment development in the Cowcaddens area of Glasgow.
Designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design, with a mix of studio, one and two-bedroom homes for private rent, the development will feature roof terraces, a co-working space, residents’ gym, a retail unit, and office space.
Currently a vacant site, 144 Port Dundas Road sits to the north of Glasgow city centre, looking onto Port Dundas Road and Milton Street. With easy access to the M8 and within walking distance of central Glasgow, Soller Group said the properties will appeal to both families and professionals who work in the city.
Nick Treadaway, founder and CEO of Soller Group, said, “We’re very pleased that Glasgow City Council has given the green light to our development, of which we are very proud, and which will bring a vacant site back to life in an area seeing considerable inward investment and regeneration.”
Neil Haining, director of Mosaic Architecture + Design, added, “This development will really strengthen Glasgow’s ambitions to encourage city centre living, which is vital to making Glasgow a sustainable city, where people can walk or cycle easily and safely to work, and where cars are less dominant.
“Dundas Square will be a pedestrian-friendly courtyard development, with daylight illuminating the central Public Square and a landscaped plaza from Port Dundas Road. There will be amenity space as well as roof terraces, designed to ensure they are used as part of the everyday life of the building.”
JLL has been mandated to secure a funding partner for the scheme. Alice Smith Hilliard, of JLL’s living capital markets team, said, “This well-designed project ticks all the boxes of a successful build to rent development. It’s imperative to bring new homes to Glasgow’s supply starved market, with build to let landlords leaving in droves and fewer people able to afford a mortgage. We are delighted to be working with Soller and playing our part in bringing forward this exciting scheme.”
Soller Group is active in Glasgow, having completed a 301-bed student accommodation building in Glasgow City Centre now let to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, which is fully occupied and also having recently received planning for Phase 2 of its Grade A Carrick Square office development.
