Membership of the VIP club for the eye-catching development will be released at the SEC’s Ideal Home Show, which takes place from today until Sunday.

The first 100 members of The Victoria VIP club will receive an exclusive invitation to the champagne and canapés sales launch at the iconic site in Langside later this summer.

They will also be first to hear news about the site and will be offered the first phase of homes for sale before anyone else, when they are launched later this year.

The next phase of construction at the Victoria development is due to begin early next year. The first people to move in to one of the one, two or three bedroom apartments will receive keys in 2020.

Sanctuary Homes received planning permission to redevelop the 9.5 acre site earlier this month with more than 400 new flats, plus offices and retail units. Around 300 of the homes will be for sale. The remainder will be available for affordable housing subject to Glasgow City Council grant approval.

The design for the development combines the old with the new, retaining the classic ‘Nightingale’ wards from the infirmary, with views across the city and beyond.

The development, which is less than four miles from the city centre, occupies an island site bounded on three sides by Battlefield Road, Grange Road and Langside Road, next to the beautiful Queen’s Park.

Isabella Ferguson, national head of sales for Sanctuary Homes, said: “We are thrilled to be launching The Victoria VIP Club at The Ideal Home Show.

“Naturally such an iconic site as the former Victoria Infirmary has drawn huge interest from Glasgow and beyond, and The Victoria VIP Club members will have privileged access to view layouts, designs, view show homes when ready and hear of any news about the development ahead of the open market. Being a member of the Victoria VIP Club enables our VIP members to keep fully up to date with all sales and marketing movement on the iconic site.”