Description:
Cathcart Developments Ltd has teamed up with Tesco Stores Ltd to
submit a 24 acre masterplan comprising office, residential and
retail space. The scheme will incorporate an 80,000 sq ft Tesco
store, 105,000 sq ft of office space and 200 homes.
The project is set to complete the regeneration of the Gorbals.
More than 400 new jobs will be created in the supermarket as well
as new training opportunities. The scheme will provide an economic
boost to the area, reduce the need to travel to shop and provide a
mix of uses delivering an attractive location to live, work and
shop.
The Tesco store will sport a high level "floating" canopy with
timber columns, together with larch timber clad side elevations. It
will also house a number of sustainable features including
rainwater harvesting and low energy design.
Public realm will be enhanced with granite paving, public
seating and a specimen tree will delineate a walkway from Cathcart
Road through to the supermarket. An access road will be laid
through the site with all the buildings set back from the pavement
line by a landscaped buffer.
A new link road will help improve traffic flow and reduce
congestion and enhanced walking, cycling and public transport
facilities are proposed.
Full planning application submitted February 2011.
Planning application approved August 2012.