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The masterplan, which is supported by Glasgow City Council, South Lanarkshire Council, Scottish Enterprise and academic institutions including the University of Strathclyde, aims to create a mixed-use district that will create jobs, nurture business growth and encourage more inward investment.

The masterplan comprises a pipeline of commercial and industrial opportunities for businesses involved in a variety of sectors including high-value manufacturing (HVM), R&D, science & technology and health & life sciences.

It includes the potential for one million square feet of flexible business and commercial floorspace, innovation labs, sites for two hotels and residential development, all with direct access to existing low-carbon heat networks and green infrastructure centered on the river Clyde corridor.

Priority developments include a centrally-located anchor building, Innovation Central, that will accommodate flexible workspace and communal events facilities.

In Shawfield, Red Tree Labs will deliver flexible laboratory space to meet a growing demand for high-quality research facilities in Glasgow. This element already has detailed planning consent.

In Dalmarnock, a 130-bed hotel adjacent to Dalmarnock train station and close to the Emirates Arena and Celtic Park is proposed as well as XWorks, a 40,000 sq ft high value manufacturing facility. Detailed plans for this phase were submitted in mid-May.

Dalmarnock Riverside will also provide almost 80,000 sq ft of lab-enabled office space across two buildings.

Clyde Gateway has also secured outline planning consent to redevelop the former Shawfield Stadium and create a new mixed-use neighbuorhood comprising a 150-bedroom hotel and 450 homes. Planning applications are also pending for additional commercial and residential development opportunities across the remainder of the masterplan area.

Since its creation in 2008, Clyde Gateway has delivered more than 3,000 new homes, high quality business premises and amenities such as Topgolf and Cuningar Loop Woodland Park, plus two heat networks serving the Dalmarnock and Shawfield areas.

Chief executive Martin McKay said: “Clyde Gateway Innovation represents the next chapter in our nationally-significant regeneration journey, one that will attract world-class talent, business and investment into Glasgow’s east end.

“With a focus on high-growth sectors like advanced manufacturing, life sciences and clean energy, this masterplan reflects our ambition to create a place where innovation and community go hand in hand. We’re building a sustainable, scalable ecosystem that will support everything from start-ups and university spinouts to major employers, while continuing to deliver jobs, homes and opportunities for local people. This is about thinking globally and acting locally, and we’re just getting started.”

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