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BARRHEAD CITED AS LEADING EXAMPLE OF REGENERATION SUCCESS T
he first ever World Town’s Leadership summit took place on 15 & 16 June in
Edinburgh. Experts from across the globe gathered to share best practice and start an international conversation about how town centres and can be improved and made more successful. Leaders from the US, South Africa, Canada, Europe and Scandinavia looked to Barrhead in East Renfrewshire as a blueprint for how to regenerate towns and urban areas in their country.
Barrhead won the accolade of
‘Scotland’s Most Improved Town Small/Medium Town’ at the 2015 SURF (Scotland’s Regeneration Network) awards. Barrhead’s £100m regeneration and long- term growth strategy rejuvenated and transformed the town centre, making it well-served with amenities, services and improved retail opportunities and a better place to live and do business.
And Barrhead’s successful regeneration was discussed as a perfect example of how a town centre can be revitalised and flourish.
Phil Prentice, chief officer, Scotland's Towns Partnership said: “Barrhead is seen
as one of the leading examples in terms of town centre regeneration in Scotland. It won a national award for being the most improved
small/medium town last year. It’s all about building a unique sense of identity for a
place and putting in the right leadership, governance and empowerment to improve the economies in small towns. This was all instigated in Barrhead, and the town itself, and Scotland, is being seen as a country at the forefront of how regeneration should be done.”
East Renfrewshire Council director of environment, Andy Cahill said: “Barrhead is seen as one of the leading examples of town centre regeneration in Scotland. It’s a testimony to what we have achieved here in Barrhead that the town’s revitalisation will help to inform the future of town centres the world over.”
East Renfrewshire’s £44m share of NATIONAL PARK GATEWAY GETAWAY T
he Premier Inn hotel at Lomondgate Services, a key gateway to Loch
Lomond & the Trossachs National Park, is to nearly double in size in response to overwhelming demand since its 2011 opening. The 60 bedroom hotel, which includes the Malt & Myre pub/restaurant, has been granted planning consent to add 54 rooms. In its planning application Premier Inn indicated that Lomondgate is one of the group’s best performing hotels in the region and is regularly full. The expanded hotel should be fully open during 2017.
In its planning
application Premier Inn indicated that Lomondgate is one of the group’s best performing hotels in the region and is regularly full.
With an estimated 15 million annual
vehicle movements on the adjacent A82 – and with easy access from both
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carriageways via the Lomondgate Roundabout – the extended hotel will enhance an already impressive line-up of roadside services which includes; Scotland’s first Costa drive-thru, Euro Garages’ first new petrol filling station development north of the border and recently-opened, award-nominated diner, Jaconelli’s Fish. Cushman & Wakefield are marketing the remaining site at Lomondgate Services, which is one of the best commercial opportunities in Scotland for visitor-orientated development. Lomondgate Services is just one
component of the multi-faceted Lomondgate development being delivered by Walker Group (Scotland) Ltd and Strathleven Regeneration CIC. All 344 consented new build houses have recently been completed by Walker Group, Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey. Commercial development is anchored by world-class occupiers, Aggreko and the BBC, with a strategic A82-frontage site – Lomondgate Park – being marketed by Rosslyn Property. Lomondgate won the title of
‘Community Development Project of the Year’ at the Scottish Property Awards 2016.
Glasgow City Region City Deal investment will bring a further boost to the area’s economy, providing economic benefits through employment, recreational, tourism, residential and business opportunities.
Modern, flexible commercial units are now available at Crossmill Business Park and a 17-acre former factory site has been prepared for private investment bringing business and employment to the town. For further information or to discuss the support available for investors and businesses, call the Invest East Renfrewshire team on 0141 577 3773, email
business@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk or visit
www.investeastrenfrewshire.com
NEWS IN BRIEF
CBRE has secured new tenants for two industrial units at the Righead Industrial Estate in Bellshill. Quantum Europoint Ltd has taken a 15,790 sq.ft refurbished unit on a new five year lease with rent set at £75,000 pa. And Howdens Joinery Properties Ltd is set to upscale when it moves from 27 to 23 James Street, to a 10,425 sq.ft modern unit on a new 15 year lease at a rent of £65,000 pa.
Shepherd C S is offering a trade counter/retail warehouse unit with Class 3 hot food consent in Rutherglen, Glasgow to let. The accommodation extends to 5,200 sq.ft and is located on the south west fringe of the town centre. Offers in excess of £25,000 per annum are invited
Cushman & Wakefield have announced that Paul Smith has launched a new pop- up store in Glasgow’s Merchant City, featuring his iconic British designs. Following the success of his eponymous exhibition in The Lighthouse earlier this year, the designer has opened a PS Pop- Up store at Unit 2, 190-208 Ingram Street, next door to Ralph Lauren.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2016
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