Two top creative firms have become the first to move into a new £3.5 million arts hub in a former warehouse.
Award-winning companies Screenmedia and Good are the first
commercial tenants to take up residence in South Block in Merchant
City.
The previously rundown Osborne Street warehouse, which overlooks
King Street car park, has undergone a year-long revamp by arts
charity Wasps - Workshop and Artists' Studio Provision
Scotland.
Almost 65 individual workspaces have already been snapped up by
jewellers and sculptors, and eventually the four-storey building
will be home to 200 artists.
There are also 25 offices for bigger firms, with Screenmedia and
Good the first to move in, while ten are under offer.
It is estimated the revamped building will provide a £69m economic
boost for the city.
David Cook, chief executive of Wasps Studios, said: "The South
Block regeneration is creating a vibrant new space for artists,
creative businesses and social enterprises.
"I believe the project is a major success story for Glasgow and
Scotland, allowing us to make the most of the country's immense
creative and artistic talent."
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Evening Times - £3.5m arts hub has two new tenants