Student accommodation earmarked for historic Glasgow office block
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Image: Mosaic Architecture + Design
A plan has been drawn up to convert vacant floors at a historic Glasgow city centre office and retail block into student accommodation.
Ambassador Group wants to refurbish and renovate Granite House, on the corner of Trongate and Stockwell Street.
Under plans designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design, 289 cluster and studio apartments will be provided over five upper floors.
Existing ground floor retail units would get new uniformed shop frontages. A landscaped rooftop amenity space would be formed and a central portion of the building would be removed to create a new courtyard.
A design document submitted with the planning application asserts: “This offers a positive redevelopment opportunity in an underutilized building within an urban setting which requires reinvigorating.”