St Enoch Glasgow

In Spring 2022, Iceni, acting on behalf of Sovereign Centros, submitted an application for planning permission in principle for the redevelopment of the St Enoch Centre. The proposals are to create a vibrant, sustainable, mixed-use development focusing on retail, leisure, entertainment, hotel, office and city centre living.

The St Enoch Centre was built as a covered shopping centre in 1989 and has since become a prominent destination as part of the Glasgow city centre shopping and leisure scene. However, as with retail centres across the country, changes to consumer demands and shopping habits have accelerated in recent years.

The existing building is highly inefficient and offers limited flexibility for refurbishment to accommodate alternative uses and occupies a significant area of the city, restricting movements between the city centre and the River Clyde.

The masterplan proposals are currently being considered by Glasgow City Council and are for the phased demolition of the existing Centre and its replacement with new urban blocks to accommodate a mix of city centre uses and reinstation of the street grid pattern. The demolition of the existing Centre has not been proposed lightly, with alternative options for the maintenance and adaptation being explored first.

The proposed development would take place in phases and would bring wide-ranging benefits to the City of Glasgow,. In total, the development would deliver up to 2.5 million sqft of floorspace across the mix of uses. The redevelopment is already one step closer to commencing with Glasgow City Council approving proposals for the conversion of the former Lewis’s department store on Argyle Street (most recently occupied by Debenhams), to Grade A office space with a new rooftop restaurant.