| Comment | You've shared views here that a lot of Glaswegians share. I get where you're coming from with your points about the impact on local services and some of your concerns about the value of office space post-Covid.
To me though, I despair when people say: this thing doesn't solve a problem that exists somewhere else, therefore it's bad.
I really don't get why you're raising Spingburn. I say this as someone who agrees fully that Springburn is a neglected, ignored part of the city, which has suffered largely due to the isolating effect of the motorway building in the 1960s, compounding social problems through to this day.
This is a privately funded, purpose-built office complex, on land that was blighted for 50+ years. It's not meant to be anything more than that.
Zooming out slightly, I sincerely hope much more is built in Tradeston. If it's housing, all the better. But I wouldn't be surprised to see more mixed use office/retail pop up too as it densifies. Fundamentally, it's next to the city centre and directly adjacent to Glasgow's (in fact, arguably Scotland's) main transit hub. One which in some years time will also host our high speed rail terminus (at former Bridge Street rail station).
This is absolutely not the place for single storey industrial units, budget carpet and tiling warehouses and surface car parks. |
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