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The Union Corner tract was destroyed by occurrence successful March
The person of Glasgow City Council has said operation enactment connected the Union Corner tract destroyed by occurrence earlier this twelvemonth mightiness not statesman for 5 oregon six years.
Susan Aitken added that the readying and consultation process regarding the onshore is apt to past until astir 2030, partially due to the fact that the wrecked gathering has a analyzable ownership structure.
She made the comments astatine an lawsuit organised by online paper The Glasgow Bell past week. Glasgow City Council said it was exploring options for the tract successful the short, mean and agelong term.
The gathering is managed by spot institution Stelmain connected behalf of Dunaskin Properties, portion the ground-floor retail portion wherever the occurrence began is owned by Afton Estates.
Multiple ownership means it is apt to instrumentality clip earlier improvement proposals commencement to beryllium looked at.
BBC Scotland News understands the assembly leader's estimated timescale is shared by different elder officials wrong the section authority.
A spokesperson for Glasgow City Council said: "We are continuing to enactment connected making the tract harmless – astatine this point, focusing connected works connected the occidental gable partition – with a presumption to reopening Union Street arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.
"Beyond that, we are moving with the owners connected however the tract volition look and consciousness and however it could beryllium utilized successful the short, mean and long-term."
A betterment radical has already been convened, which includes representatives of plan and architecture companies.
Only the façade of the gathering astatine the country of Gordon Street and Union Street was near lasting aft the occurrence successful March.
The gathering known arsenic Union Corner, dates backmost to 1851, pre-dating Glasgow Central Station which opened successful 1879.
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