March 20 2025

A social housing landlord has broken ground on 50 new homes at a prominent junction on Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow.

Southside Housing Association has commissioned AS Homes and Keppie Design to deliver the project, replacing an Arnold Clark Showroom with a range of apartments, including wheelchair-accessible properties.

Set within landscaped communal areas the flats will have access to play areas and seating accessible via graphite footpaths to encourage social interaction.

Paul Kelly, managing director of AS Homes, said: "This project will breathe new life into the area, revitalising a derelict site into a vibrant, sustainable community designed with the needs of future residents in mind.

“By delivering high-quality, energy-efficient homes in a well-connected location, we are addressing the direct demand for affordable housing in the west of Scotland while also enhancing the local environment with thoughtfully designed green spaces and modern communal facilities."

Completion is expected by 2026. 

6 Comments

#1 Posted by Freshly on 20 Mar 2025 at 15:08 PM

All hail to the ground corner flat. AC's greed at its finest.

#2 Posted by Nico on 20 Mar 2025 at 16:59 PM

The return of the Glesga Gushet. Joy of joys.

#3 Posted by Spike on 20 Mar 2025 at 20:40 PM

Good to see a site start for this development; do think it's the correct design solution for this site.

#4 Posted by Pollokshaws Road survivor on 21 Mar 2025 at 09:11 AM

Looking back i can see that there was a fair amount of criticism of this design, nevertheless it moves on. In that respect I can only draw attention to one understandable flaw that i think is redeemable.
At the corner, there are bedrooms facing onto pollokshaws road. i would suggest that these bedrooms are not sleepable in for the following reasons: the street is an echo chamber, buses changing gears at lights, ambulance and police sirens, club goers discharging noisily at 2 and 3 am and the seagulls feasting fighting over the kebabs at 5 am. So in a word, not even looking at traffic vibration, the problem is noise for bedrooms facing onto the road. To mitigate this could the designers consider triple glazing these bedroom windows and incorporating sound attenuated vents in these windows. otherwise it is literally a living hell for residents.

#5 Posted by Ross Mitchell on 21 Mar 2025 at 12:48 PM

ground floor commercial units should be mandatory on a street like this, surely?

#6 Posted by Lovely on 22 Mar 2025 at 16:41 PM

It's truly bizarre to see such a prime commercial corner squandered on a ground-floor flat, of all things. Utterly inappropriate, and besieged on all sides.

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