Working on behalf of Global Mutual, Keppie Design will work to deliver 594 apartments alongside supporting amenities, community space and gardens at the Cowcaddens Road site.

Buildings ranging from 12 to 21 storeys will include 76 apartments for private sale, made up of one, two and three-bed units, plus 519 rental units, comprising one and two-bed flats.

Tenants will have access to a range of internal amenity spaces including gym, multimedia room, private dining space, co-working lounge, library and meeting rooms, lounge and games room, and sky bar.

One Cowcaddens will include ground floor commercial spaces facing Port Dundas Road, and there will also be a dedicated community space.

Outdoor facilities include play areas, a gym, a jogging/trim-track and table tennis.

A number of outdoor roof areas have been incorporated which have been designed to deliver different uses and purposes including a wellness terrace, working terrace, garden terrace, sky terrace and amenity terrace.

The bronze, 1967 C-listed ‘Locomotion’ statue, designed by Frank Cossell, will be kept.

City officials were in favour of the application. They stated in their report: “The proposal has been developed to respond appropriately to the site context. The proposed materials are high quality and durable.

“Variation between blocks has been included to allow distinction and visual interest, whilst retaining a cohesive design approach across the site.”

Buchanan House has been vacant since December 2022.

The project team includes:

• Client: Global Mutual
• Architect: Keppie Design
• Planning Consultant: Keppie Design
• Project Manager: Gardiner + Theobald
• Agents: Cortland Consulting/Savills
• Structural Engineer: Woolgar Hunter
• MEP Engineer: IN2 Engineering
• Cost Consultant: Gardiner + Theobald
• Landscape Consultant: Oobe
• ESG Consultant: Life Proven
• Community Engagement: New Practice
• Fire Consultant: Buro Happold
• Daylighting Analysis: Hollis
• Wind Analysis: Arc Aero
• Visualisations: Float Digital