can the council do something about the shop fronts below to bring some harmony to the exterior of the building?

Exemplary example of what housing associations can do and what more than could do when empowered - the whole transformation of this side of the river could happen with a strategic approach through Laurieston with private developers, Wheatly, Clydebuilt and NGA and then pulling over the river north at Glasgow Green through to the Calton and the cultural hub at Barrowlands/St Lukes and then Dennistoun including Collegelands. Just look at what Manchester have done with Ancotes, New Islington and now pushing through to Holt Town https://www.holttownwoodtown.com/
We need our city council to be empowered to CPO, compile sites and be forward facing with a mix of tenure - social, mid market, private and commercial to create true new inner city communities with social mix and ambition

Really good point at number 1.

But the council's rules on listed buildings shopfronts are seemingly implemented as follows-

If you apply for consent you have to go into a minefield of infinite detail and nonsense that takes ages and if you don't apply you can do whatever you want however ugly it is with no comebacks.

Agree at number 2 that the refurb scheme is very nice and a good example of what can be done, kitchen and bathroom layout design perhaps a bit off for how people actually live these days though...

Very much agree with the above comments.
There are some fine buildings around Oxford St and a former school building in Saxy Coburg St which if preserved, allied with an extension of the Avenues project, would radically transform this area

There's been really great shopfront restoration in Govan, it really should be rolled out across the city.

This is great news and it is good to see New Gorbals Housing Association doing this; however, for clarity, I’d like to point out that this ‘B’ listed Glasgow Style tenement by the great Glasgow Edwardian Architect, James Miller, was comprehensively repaired by the co-owners (including NGHA) with grant funding from Glasgow City Council and Glasgow City Heritage Trust between 2019 and 2021.

Unfortunately, back in 2019, this unusual tenement - which, due to James Miller’s involvement, has lots of quirky features - was in an unhappy way. Thanks to extensive water ingress from the failed skylight over the circular pencheck stair, it was on the verge of being declared a dangerous building. Nevertheless, the consultant team led by Mackie & Co Chartered Building Surveyors with contractors, Contract Building Services (Scotland) Limited, did a great job of turning the tenement around.

Rescuing this important tenement wouldn’t have happened without the co-owners working constructively with each other and they have learnt a lot about their tenement via the repairs process so it is a bit of an exemplar project.

Therefore, it is great to see NGHA continuing the work of investing in the tenement’s fabric.