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New plans for the old Albany hotel which is now being demolished.

More Images @ Future Glasgow

Demolition pics from tonight

Excellent photos, young master Crusty.

Fascinating process demolition.
I was rubber-necking earlier this week,

Noticed that diggers are now on site at the old Albany Hotel site....does this mean that work on Bothwell Plaza is finally starting?

RapidAssistant wrote:Noticed that diggers are now on site at the old Albany Hotel site....does this mean that work on Bothwell Plaza is finally starting?

Its getting turned in to a car park till further notice.

Mori wrote:

RapidAssistant wrote:Noticed that diggers are now on site at the old Albany Hotel site....does this mean that work on Bothwell Plaza is finally starting?

Its getting turned in to a car park till further notice.

Like the site at the foot of India Street.

The Egg Man wrote:

Mori wrote:

RapidAssistant wrote:Noticed that diggers are now on site at the old Albany Hotel site....does this mean that work on Bothwell Plaza is finally starting?

Its getting turned in to a car park till further notice.

Like the site at the foot of India Street.

Single flat concrete car park untill such times the economic climate gets better (if ever) to rebuild the Hotel.

Reference: 10/02656/DC Community Cnl: Anderston
Address: Site Formerly Known As Holiday Inn 177 Bothwell Street Glasgow
Proposal: Use of site as temporary car park.
Date Received: 28.10.2010 Date Valid: 23.11.2010
Applicant
Details:
Mr Stuart Spence
Agent Details:
Fouin And Bell Architects Ltd
1 John's Place Edinburgh EH6 7EL
Ward: Anderston/City Representation Expiry Date: 28.12.2010
Type: Full Planning Permission Level: Local Development
Case Officer: Mr M Thomson, 0141 287 6031
Listing: Cons Area:
Map Reference: (E) 258311 (N) 665436

Ahhhh - I see now. Totally sickening though that a perfectly good hotel was closed, the staff made redundant and the whole place flattened only to leave a gaping hole that's probably going to be there for years now.

Was it just plain bad luck that the financial crisis struck, or plain incompetent management in shutting and demmying the place before the funds were in place to build its replacement.....

It was never Paradise down there but it shows Joni Mitchell was right - not that we doubted her.

RapidAssistant wrote:Ahhhh - I see now. Totally sickening though that a perfectly good hotel was closed, the staff made redundant and the whole place flattened only to leave a gaping hole that's probably going to be there for years now.

Was it just plain bad luck that the financial crisis struck, or plain incompetent management in shutting and demmying the place before the funds were in place to build its replacement.....

OK - I was wrong, according to this it was sitting on a "Decaying Podium"....(scroll down to "Anderston Masterplan")

http://www.futureglasgow.co.uk/Index_Mixed_Use.html

Interesting though that Taylor Wimpey were basically trying to bribe Marriott into vacating the land with a shiny new hotel so they could flatten the 1981-vintage Holiday Inn building and expand the Cadogan Square scheme westward.

Did anyone pick up on this:

http://www.costar.co.uk/en/assets/news/ ... velopment/

I haven't been down that end of town in ages, but I assume this means the old Albany Hotel site which was originally going to be called Bothwell Plaza? At long last someone is doing something about this ugly hole in the ground....

RapidAssistant wrote:Did anyone pick up on this:

http://www.costar.co.uk/en/assets/news/ ... velopment/

I haven't been down that end of town in ages, but I assume this means the old Albany Hotel site which was originally going to be called Bothwell Plaza? At long last someone is doing something about this ugly hole in the ground....

Went past it the other day. Lots of work going on and what looks like concrete shafts going up at the moment. No indication, I could see what it's going to be though.