Collegelands is part of a £200M development project in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland. At the time of its opening in 2012, it was one of the largest regeneration projects in the United Kingdom.
| Collegelands | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Address | 10 Hannavah Street |
| Town or city | Glasgow |
| Country | Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°51′33″N 4°14′22″W / 55.85903°N 4.239496°W |
| Opened | August 2012 |
| Cost | £29,600,000 |
| Client | Watkin Jones Group |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 9 |
| Grounds | 17,932 m2 (193,020 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Manson Architects |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 588 |
| Parking | Yes |
The location, close to the original site of the University of Glasgow,[1][2][3] takes up 100,000 square metres (1.1 million square feet) on the corner of Duke Street and High Street. Collegelands, latterly known as the College Goods Railway Yard,[4][5] is Glasgow's first new city centre quarter in several years.[6][7] The margin wall of the former College Goods Yard railway station on Duke Street has been reserved, in affirmation to the history of the site. The existing High Street railway station is directly to the west of the development.
The development has been created through a partnership between Glasgow City Council and Watkin Dawn Group. The city's economy was augmented by over £80M during the first phase of Collegelands, as over 400 construction jobs were created.[citation needed]
This development comprises 588 student study bedrooms including 565 en-suite bedrooms and 23 self-contained studio flats over nine storeys, with some ground floor retail units. Within the buildings footmark two courtyards were formed.[8] It is situated on Havannah Street. Collegelands accommodates over 400 undergraduate and postgraduate University of Strathclyde students.[9]
The facility is managed by Fresh Student Living which houses over 12,000 students in over 40 university and college locations across the UK.[10]
The development has attracted criticism from commentators for its unremarkable construction style in an area of high local aesthetic and historic value.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ Old College (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection, late 1660s), The Glasgow Story
- ^ Old College (Mitchell Library, Joseph Swan, 1821), The Glasgow Story
- ^ "Glasgow, High Street, Old College". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Glasgow, 208 High Street, High Street Goods Station, Canmore
- ^ "TheGlasgowStory: College Goods Station". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Collegelands office scheme opens its doors, Urban Realm, 2 February 2012
- ^ "New Collegelands business and residential site to open in city centre". STV News. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "14 arce mixed use regeneration project". Dawn Developments.
- ^ "Developers for Collegelands Glasgow". Watkins Jones Group.
- ^ "Collegelands". Fresh Student Living.
- ^ Glasgow’s oldest street will be desecrated, its built heritage disfigured, The Guardian, 10 March 2018
- ^ Collegelands student housing expansion proposals updated, Urban Realm, 11 July 2016