A planning application has been submitted to pull down the structure at 90 and 96 Maxwell Street, near St Enoch Shopping Centre.
Documents state the sites are in “severely dilapidated physical condition and their repair or re-use is just not economically viable”.
It continued: “The loss of the existing buildings will be regrettable. However, within the evolving local context, the loss will be significantly outweighed by the cultural (and social and economic) benefits of the new site.
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Instead, developer Regent Property Ltd is proposing to build a hotel/serviced apartments, which would be run by Radisson.
Papers reveal that the collaboration would be a UK-first hotel concept and consist of “a combination of stylish contemporary standard and superior bedrooms, along with spacious luxury studio and one-bed apartments in the signature Radisson design”.
If successful, the new accommodation will have 169 hotel rooms, 78 serviced apartments.
A lounge, a high-end rooftop bar and a “stunning destination restaurant” are also proposed and would be open to members of the public.
On the ground floor, a gym and a meeting space are also proposed.
The application said: “The proposed Apart Hotel offers a unique opportunity for Glasgow to reinvigorate a pocket of the city which has become ‘backland’ to the St Enoch Centre.
“Despite the difficulties associated with such a small site, the proposal successfully integrates a new and improved public realm at the ground floor, maximising opportunity for active frontage.”
Glasgow City Council planning officials are expected to make a decision on the bid by Monday, September 15.
This planned hotel would be next to 222 Clyde Street, a mixed-use development, which received planning permission from the council in 2018.
Currently an empty site next to the Virgin Hotel, the building is expected to be 54.5m tall.
(Image: Proposed view from the Clyde) once both buildings are finished222 Clyde Street proposal (Image: Proposed view from the Clyde) (Image: Proposed view from the Clyde)
