Ambassador Group has submitted a planning application with Glasgow City Council to develop 288 student apartments on a vacant site on the corner of Osborne Street and Old Wynd.
The proposed development, designed by Mosaic Architecture+Design, is based on the company’s Nova student living concept, incorporating a community and sustainability-led approach.
The studio apartments will have a community lounge, co-working spaces and gym on the ground floor, with bike storage and laundry facilities in the basement. There will be a private dining facility with landscaped terrace for residents - and another on the roof, which also features solar panels.
Discussions are underway with neighbouring charity art community WASPS to commission site-specific art.
The façade of the new development will consist of long-lasting natural materials which aim to respect the materials on adjacent buildings in the street.
Ahsan Afzal, head of development for Nova Living at Ambassador Group, said, “The site has lain vacant for many years, and we are keen to reinvigorate the area and radically improve Old Wynd Lane currently deemed locally to be unsightly and unsafe.
“This is a quality development that will help support the city’s drive to address the lack of student accommodation, which is having a knock-on effect on Glasgow’s economy.
“We are seeing 23% less available rental stock than pre-Covid times, which is making it very challenging for all renters, including students, to secure accommodation.”
The number of full-time students in Glasgow is currently the highest on record and is set to increase over the coming years, with research by property agents Savills showing that by 2026/7, four students will be competing for every student bed.
The planning application follows a series of public consultations.
Based in Glasgow, the Ambassador Group has recently delivered the Park Quadrant Residences in Glasgow’s West End, 17 Pollokshaws in the Southside and a 200,000 sq ft mixed use development in Finnieston.
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