MSPunveils£6m housing estate
A £6.4MILLION housing development has officially opened in Arden as part of a step forward in its regeneration.
Glen Oaks Housing Association has created the much-needed 48 properties as it delivers on its promise to keep on building.
They were formally opened by Kevin Stewart MSP, Minister for Local Government and Housing.
The homes have been built on the site of the former St Louise Primary School which closed in 2009 and was then demolished.
Glen Oaks – one of the city’s leading housing associations – hailed the housing at Lunestone Court as “great news for the community”.
Chief Executive Alasdair McKee said: “Everyone will welcome this exciting new development of homes – it is just what Arden needs.
“Glen Oaks is deeply committed not just to making our com- munities great places in which to live but to building new homes which people really want.”
The new housing is the FIFTH such development in the last 12 years which has delivered 150 new homes for Arden and has come about with generous financial assistance from the Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council.
Together they provided half the cost and the creation of the new homes would not be possible without their willing financial support.
Elaine McShane, chairwoman of Glen Oaks said: “We are very grateful to Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government who share our vision of creating new homes. We are all working together to bring real benefits to the communities we serve. These 48 new homes are another significant step forward in the regeneration of Arden.”
During his visit Mr Stewart met tenant Alleashia Smyth who has just moved in and wished her well in her new home.
Since 1999, Glen Oaks has spent around £27m regenerating the Arden estate by building new homes and improving existing properties. In the last eighteen months £2m of that sum has been spent upgrading kitchens and bathrooms.
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart said: “These new homes are a fantastic addition to Arden.”