Job was first given green light in 2017
McLaughlin & Harvey will begin work on a new £100m office scheme in Glasgow originally given the thumbs-up more than five years ago.
The job at Cadogan Street was first approved by the city council in spring 2017 with construction earmarked to start the following year.
But the deal, now called 33 Cadogan Street, was further delayed by the pandemic and at the end of last year original developer M&G sold the scheme to Commercial Estates Group.
The building, which was known as the Grid, is going up on the site of two 1980s office blocks which have now been knocked down.
The original plans, first submitted in 2016, have since been updated to meet ESG requirements, as well as improve the building’s sustainability and take into account the impact of the pandemic on grade A office space with a decision on the revised proposals, filed with Glasgow planners in the autumn, pending.
Drawn up by local practice Cooper Cromar, the updated plans include a public café and improved cycling facilities while a terrace at the top level has been turned into lettable space after the new designs included more wellness and amenity facilities – meaning existing office space had to be pared back.
According to the original planning documents, others working on the scheme include project and cost manager Gardiner & Theobald, services consultant Atelier Ten and structural engineer Woolgar Hunter.
The 300,000 sq ft job will be the first new build grade A scheme in the city for nearly three years by the time it completes in summer 2025.
Paul Richardson, investment manager at CEG, said: “The city is suffering from an acute lack of grade A office supply and 33 Cadogan Street will help to remedy that.”
Another scheme by Cooper Cromar, a £90m office on Argyle Street, is due to be completed by Multiplex next year. The 15-storey block is being developed by Osborne + Co and will be a new home for US bank JP Morgan.
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