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post updated 25 Feb 2026
25 February 2026
Health Innovation Hub by Hawkins\Brown
photo © McAteer
Located within the Glasgow Riverside Innovation District (GRID), the highly anticipated Health Innovation Hub (HiH) has secured Panthera as a new tenant ahead of its official opening next month.
24 February 2026
Glasgow hotel development news
A prime city-centre site in Glasgow with planning consent for a 276-bedroom hotel has been put on the market after its current owners decided not to proceed with the project.
The site at Dale House on West George Street is being marketed for £4 million.
The sale is being handled by Enterprise Hotels & Hospitality on behalf of Arora Group.
Arora acquired the development as part of its purchase of Bloc Hotels in July last year but has since confirmed it has no intention of progressing the hotel scheme itself.
The site already benefits from planning consent for a 276-room hotel, though prospective buyers could also pursue residential or commercial redevelopment, subject to securing revised planning approval. The approved hotel design was prepared by Norr architects.
The move opens the door for a new developer to bring forward a significant city-centre project in a prominent commercial location.
24 February 2026
Battlefield Housing News
Planning approval has been granted for a new later-living residential development in Glasgow’s south side.
A total of 46 homes for over-55s will be delivered on the site of the former Queens Park School on Grange Road in the Battlefield area.
Housing provider Sanctuary Scotland is partnering with CRGP architects to develop the brownfield site, which has remained vacant since 2019.
The approved plans will see the homes constructed across three separate blocks, designed to meet a range of accessibility and varying needs standards. All buildings will include lift access to support independent living for older residents.
In addition to the residential units, the development will feature a private communal garden for residents as well as publicly accessible green space, helping to reintegrate the long-derelict site into the surrounding community.
10 February 2026
Glasgow Art Club Spring Exhibition
The GAC Spring Exhibition opened to the public on Friday 13th on Bath Street:
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Glasgow Building News January 2026
29 January 2026
Demolition begins for Charing Cross Gateway
Reigart begins demolition at Elmbank Gardens for major Glasgow redevelopment.
Reigart Contracts has moved onto the Elmbank Gardens site after being appointed by CXG Glasgow to clear two 1960s-era buildings, paving the way for phase one of a major 730,000 sq ft mixed-use development.
The site, located beside Charing Cross railway station at the corner of Bath Street and Newton Street, will ultimately form part of the Charing Cross Gateway regeneration. Clearance works are expected to be completed by August, with construction scheduled to begin in the second half of 2026.
Designed by lead architect Michael Laird Architects, phase one of the development will deliver student accommodation. CXG Glasgow secured outline planning consent for the overall masterplan in late 2024, followed by a detailed planning application for phase one submitted in May 2025. Glasgow City Council issued a “mind to grant” notice in December 2025.
Prior to works commencing, approvals were secured from both Network Rail and Glasgow City Council. A temporary public footpath has been established along Newton Street to maintain access to the Britannia Hotel and Charing Cross station, with short-term diversions planned during key stages of the demolition programme.
The wider Charing Cross Gateway masterplan aims to reclaim and reinstate a historic part of the city, creating a new neighbourhood and a prominent western gateway into Glasgow city centre. Phase two will introduce office space, private residential units and retail accommodation.
26 January 2026
Sector urges Scottish Government to capitalise on the welcome potential of new housing agency
Sector representative body Homes for Scotland responds to the Scottish Government’s announcement of a new national housing agency to enable and facilitate the accelerated delivery of homes of all tenures:
post updated 18 January 2026
New Scottish Waterfront Cultural Centre Building News
The National Galleries of Scotland secures almost £56m in funding from the Scottish Government to get a new waterfront cultural centre in Edinburgh started, reports The Herald.
16 January 2026
Northern Architecture Firm Open Scottish Architects Office
Yorkshire architects brown + company have opened an office in Edinburgh. The architecture practice will be run by award-winning architect Rob Miller. See the Edinburgh Building News linked further up this page.
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13 January 2025
The Victoria Glasgow Homes
Design: Collective Architecture
photo © Keith Hunter
Collective Architecture Completes Phase One of Glasgow’s Historic Victoria Infirmary Revival
First buildings of major scheme provide more than 130 affordable new homes, with hundreds more to come in Phase Two
13 January 2026
Home builders frustrated by Scottish Budget
References to young Scots looking for their first home and support for wider all-tenure ambitions welcome but glaring lack of detail
As Scotland’s housing emergency continues to intensify, the country’s home builders have been left “frustrated” by today’s Scottish Budget announcement.
Jane Wood, Chief Executive of representative body Homes for Scotland, said:
“It was extremely encouraging to hear the Cabinet Secretary for Finance talk of ‘new hope for young Scots looking for their first home’. The Budget document itself also emphasises ‘all-tenure’ ambition and details £66m in Financial Transactions for housing. However, the lack of detail on what this will mean in practice is extremely frustrating.
“With home building levels now at or near historic lows, the only feasible way out of the housing emergency is to build significantly more homes across private and social sectors. Key to this is confidence for both new and existing investors, on which we have been working closely with the Scottish Government but I am afraid today appears to be a missed opportunity to announce the bold initiatives that we believe would significantly stimulate construction. Support for first time buyers (previously provided by the First Home Fund) is absolutely fundamental. It remains to be seen whether this will be forthcoming to give young people the hope the Budget statement alluded to.
“As we approach May’s election, we urge all parties to come forward with policies which deliver the homes Scotland needs.”
12 January 2026
Princes House Student Accommodation Glasgow Building Design
Acting on behalf of TREC Capital, Mosaic Architecture + Design, one of Scotland’s most experienced practices, has submitted a planning application to develop best-in-class purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) at Princes House on the corner of Waterloo Street and West Campbell Street in Glasgow city centre.
image courtesy of architects practice
Princes House Student Accommodation Glasgow Building News
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11 December 2025
Mosaic Architecture + Design Wins at the Scottish Property Awards
Teacher Building – Renovation Project of the Year:
photo courtesy of architects practice
More Glasgow Building News 2026 online soon.
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