Garden site all set to flourish

Cala Homes (West) has commenced work on a major new Glasgow city centre development.

Named Prince’s Quay, the project will see 203 homes built on the long-vacant former Glasgow Garden Festival site at Pacific Quay, following Cala’s acquisition of the land from another developer.

The Glasgow Garden Festival of 1988 was held over 120 acres around the site of the former Prince’s Dock in Govan, on the south bank of the River Clyde. When opened in 1900, the dock was the largest on the Clyde.

Cala’s development plan includes a mix of apartments and townhouses, and marks the first Glasgow city centre development from the homebuilder.

Located in the vicinty of Glasgow’s media city, the Prince’s Quay site will benefit from excellent bus, rail and subway links, as well as the extension of the existing footpath and cycle path to the north of the development to allow travel through the site and into nearby Festival Park.

The new homes will be released

for sale early next year, with the first residents due to be welcomed as early as that Autumn.

Liana Canavan, sales and marketing director for Cala Homes (West), says: “I’m delighted work has now begun at Prince’s Quay.

“This is an extremely exciting development for us, in the heart of Glasgow, and will perfectly showcase contemporary Cala city living.

“It’s something totally new for us in the West of Scotland, and we can’t wait for work to progress further so we can reveal more details.

“This development offers a unique opportunity to live in an unrivalled central location.”

One of five garden festivals held across the UK in the 1980s and early 1990s, the Glasgow event ran for five months – from April to September in 1988 – and attracted more than four million visitors.

It is credited with playing a key role in the rebirth of the city, with Glasgow being named the 1990 European City of Culture.

After the festival, the land was intended to be developed for housing stock but sadly, despite various plans being mooted, most of it lay derelict for many years.

Parts were redeveloped when the BBC and STV moved into a media campus at Pacific Quay, joining Glasgow Science Centre which opened in 2001.

The site is within walking distance of high frequency bus, subway and train routes, while there will also be a car parking space allocated for each property.

In August last year, £67 million plans to build cafes, restaurants, homes and offices at Pacific Quay were revealed by Drum Property Group and Social Enterprise.

Part of the scheme is a new £10m urban whiskey distillery, bottling plant and visitor centre, run by Douglas Laing & Co.

The Prince’s Quay development offers a unique opportunity to live in an unrivalled central location