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>Various additions were made throughout the years, but the positioning of the core buildings remained unchanged.
Although the majority of the buildings had an A, B or C listed status, Scottish Enterprise applied for complete demolition of the site. Although this was refused, they were allowed to demolish all but four of the original ward pavilions which surrounded the Water Tower as it was felt it would not compromise the historical interest of the site and, whilst making it more of an attractive development site to potential bidders, it would ensure the "style design and context" was not lost when incorporated into any future developments.
Although it was a stipulation that the remaining listed buildings were to be incorporated into any future marketing and redevelopment of the site, Scottish Enterprise only carried out a bare minimum of maintenance on the remaining buildings, and it took them a further seven years after acquiring the site to actively market it for sale, by which time the buildings had reached such a terrible state of disrepair that the cost of incorporating them into any new development would have been exorbitant.
**In spite of this, a private developer did come forward with ambitious plans for the site. However, Ruchill Community Council were keen to see social housing built on the grounds and, combined with the property downturn of 2008, this led to the developer withdrawing.**