10 . Glasgow Business February 2015


Retail


A bright future is ahead as centre secures single owner


Annemarie O’Donnell is the new Chief Executive of Glasgow City Council


Appointment


Glasgow City Council names its new Chief Executive


Glasgow City Council has appointed Annemarie O’Donnell as Chief Executive replacing George Black, who retired at the end of the year. She is promoted to the role


from that of Executive Director of Corporate Services, a post she held from 2011. A qualified solicitor, she had previously been Assistant Head of Legal and Administrative Services. Ms O’Donnell, 49, took over the job in December following Mr Black’s retiral after 11 years as Chief Executive. Councillor Gordon Matheson,


the Council Leader, said: “There has never been a more exciting time to work in Glasgow, with the city in the spotlight like never before following the best ever Commonwealth Games and the signing of Scotland’s first City Deal.


“I am in no doubt that


Annemarie is the best possible choice to lead our dedicated and talented staff through the next chapter in our city’s long and proud history.”


John Lewis in Buchanan Galleries »Major expansion to follow buy out of Buchanan Galleries L


and Securities has taken over 100 per cent ownership of the Buchanan Galleries


shopping centre and is to press ahead with its expansion. Te company bought TIAA Henderson Real Estate’s 50 per


Transport Council strategy to change city centre street use


Changes to the use of access of a range of streets are outlined in the recently published Glasgow City Council City Centre Transport Strategy. Among the measures included


in the strategy are: » Introducing a number of ‘avenues’ starting with Sauchiehall Street, which will include the removal of some on-street parking » Restricting traffic access to Gordon Street between Renfield Street and West Nile Street


Transport


St Enoch escalates pace of Subway modernisation


Escalators at St Enoch Subway Station were replaced in a staggering 12 hours in the latest phase of modernisation of the Subway’s infrastructure. The replacement of the street


» Promoting the introduction of bus gates and traffic management measures on the main north-south bus routes on Oswald Street » Investigating the possibility of a 20mph zone in the city centre. It also includes the


introduction of city centre cycle routes, undertaking a review of loading and servicing, reviewing disabled parking and improving signage for all city centre users. Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce,


level escalator was done in a very different way from the traditional replacement methods, which normally take three to four months to complete. Work was continuing on site


said: “Glasgow city centre is a key asset to the region and country – it is a hub for commerce and employment; education and research; retail and entertainment; and tourism and travel. “With that in mind, we want


to work together with the City Council to sustain city centre economic growth, encourage the discretionary journey and increase consumer dwell time, which is important to all city centre business.”


as we went to press in the second phase of the transformation of St Enoch, which began in September as part of a £5.3 million renovation of the flagship city centre station – one of the busiest of the network.


cent stake in Buchanan Galleries for £137.5 million, to give it full ownership. Buchanan Galleries currently


totals 600,000 square feet of retail space, which is home to 90 leading high street names. Shops include John Lewis, Hollister,


H&M, Mango and Tomas Sabo. Land Securities has planning


consent for a leisure and retail extension to Buchanan Galleries, which would extend the centre to 1.2 million square feet of retail, leisure and restaurant space in the heart of Glasgow.


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