40 CASE STUDY Out of office


Caledonia Housing Association explains how it’s redeveloping a vacant brownfield site in the north of Glasgow, and transforming a disused office into affordable apartments


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ight new affordable homes are under construction at 68-78 Townhead in Cowgate, Kirkintilloch, with developer Caledonia Housing ssociation transforming a vacant office building into modern apartments for rent. Caledonia will manage and maintain the new homes, in what is the first ‘restoration’ development of its type for the housing association in East Dunbartonshire. According to the HA, the Cowgate area continues to be in severe need of additional homes, but its new properties will be rented out at “affordable rates” to help meet this need. The project has been enabled in part by grant funding from the Scottish Government, with the Government and East Dunbartonshire Council. The latter approved the development noting the project’s contribution to one of its key housing objectives, namely, the repurposing of town centre buildings into domestic dwellings as the identity of high streets continues to shift.


s the first of its type for the  in the area, it was key that the office’s refurbishment was led by those with expertise in this area, as well as knowledge of the locality and how to respond to it.


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THE PROJECT CONTRIBUTED TO ONE OF THE COUNCIL’S KEY HOUSING OBJECTIVES, NAMELY, THE REPURPOSING OF TOWN CENTRE BUILDINGS INTO DOMESTIC DWELLINGS WWW.HBDONLINE.CO.UK


In October 2018, Antonine Housing Association transferred their engagements to Caledonia Housing Association – the transfer of engagements approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to give Caledonia full responsibility for the homes and services that were previously provided by Antonine. Today, Caledonia Housing Association is one of Scotland’s leading providers of high quality, affordable housing, managing over 4,600 properties across eight local authority areas, with a further 512 socially rented homes owned and managed by its subsidiary Cordale in the Renton area of West Dunbartonshire. Despite this wealth of experience and expanding stock, the HA has largely focused on new builds in recent years.


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