GLASGOW
SET TO REPLICATE LONDON'S COVENT GARDEN
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Architecture One of Glasgow's oldest streetscapes is set to undergo
a multi-million pound face-lift, creating the city's very own Covent
Garden.
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Architecture's client, Credential Holdings, has unveiled plans to
transform Virginia Court, the last remaining section of the Merchants'
Trail that has not yet been opened to the public, to create Virginia
Court & Galleries, a shopping and leisure area set in a gated
cobbled wynd that will accommodate boutique shops including a small
department store, restaurants and cafes, and five luxury apartments.
The
area is steeped in history and also features the original Stirling's
Library.
Credential
plan to open up the site to create the wynd and a courtyard offering
a selection of new build and traditional shops from 650 to 5,000
sq ft, linking the shopping areas around Princes Sq with Candleriggs,
creating a golden shopping triangle and café society.
Barrie
Clapham, Chief Executive, Credential, said: "This area is of
significant architectural importance, therefore it was essential
that we created a development worthy of its heritage."
The
ground and basement floors of Stirling's Library will provide retail
accommodation of 6,000 sq ft, including the new-build rear mews
building that links into the courtyard and features an atrium. The
upper floors will provide five luxury residential apartments within
undoubtedly one of the city's most desirable addresses.
The
Colonnade building on Miller St forms the third element in this
area's regeneration and features a stunning façade offering
ground and basement accommodation totaling 14,000 sq ft.
Planning
has already been granted and work is scheduled to start in January
2007 with anticipated final completion in summer 2008. Negotiations
are progressing now with retailers and restaurateurs.
www.credentialholdings.com
To view further
information on the project please visit the project page below:
Virginia
Galleries
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