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Good morning, A quick reminder to all about our event tonight! Meet our team at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Thursday 9th March, 6-8pm, at the Strathclyde Suite. A selection of material will be exhibited relating to the redevelopment of Buchanan Galleries, as well as your chance to find out more in-person about what happens next. This is a drop-in exhibition, please arrive at your convenience, there will be a brief introduction and short film screening at 6:15pm - all welcome, tickets not required. If you are not able to attend on Thursday 9th March, there will be a pop-up exhibition outlining the proposed planning permission submissions to Glasgow City Council available to view in Buchanan Galleries (Sauchiehall Street entrance) for 4 weeks, beginning on Friday 10th March. For further information, please see our Commonplace where you can find FAQs and details on our past consultation work. Thank you. Please note: Any comments on the material presented at the Exhibitions should be made directly to the planning authority following the formal submission of the planning application to Glasgow City Council. As part of the future planning application, the Council will undertake normal neighbour notification and publicity at that time, with opportunity to make formal representation on the proposals thereafter via the Glasgow City Council Online Planning Portal (https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/onlineplanning). https://buchanangalleries.commonplace.is/

Following the closing of our most recent round of activities, please find details below on our upcoming events. Exhibition, 9th March Meet our team at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Thursday 9th March, 6-8pm, at the Strathclyde Suite. A selection of material will be exhibited relating to the redevelopment of Buchanan Galleries, as well as your chance to find out more in-person about what happens next. This is a drop-in exhibition, please arrive at your convenience, there will be a brief introduction and short film screening at 6:15pm - all welcome, tickets not required. If you are not able to attend on Thursday 9th March, there will be a pop-up exhibition outlining the proposed planning permission submissions to Glasgow City Council available to view in Buchanan Galleries (Sauchiehall Street entrance) for 4 weeks, beginning on Friday 10th March. Please note: Any comments on the material presented at the Exhibitions should be made directly to the planning authority following the formal submission of the planning application to Glasgow City Council. As part of the future planning application, the Council will undertake normal neighbour notification and publicity at that time, with opportunity to make formal representation on the proposals thereafter via the Glasgow City Council Online Planning Portal (https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/onlineplanning).

Our third round of public consultation activities are now live! From today, until the 10th February, you can view the emerging masterplan online through an online exhibition and video presentation by the design team. Once you've had a chance to look at this material, we encourage you to fill in our online survey, which provides the chance to give us in-depth feedback on the proposals and opportunities to tell us your thoughts on a number of key areas. Our second survey, which relates to our work with Social Value Portal is still live, and we encourage you to fill this out too. These online materials are available on the home page of our commonplace website. While our workshop sessions are now booked out, you can also still involved in person by visiting one of our four drop-in sessions. These sessions will allow the opportunity to see all the same material as the workshops and provide feedback to one of our team members. The drop-in sessions will be hosted in the Retail Academy space of Buchanan Galleries, from 12-3pm. We will be holding these sessions on the below dates: Saturday 28th January Thursday 2nd February Saturday 4th February Tuesday 7th February Further details of the drop-in sessions and their location are available on our Commonplace website.

Our next round of public consultation activities will be launching soon! We've now updated the website with information on a series of upcoming activities and opportunities to view the emerging masterplan for Buchanan Galleries and surrounding areas, as well provide feedback. These will include: Developed Design Ideas Workshops 26th January and 2nd February (Sign-up required - spaces are limited) Drop-In Sessions 28th January, 2nd February, 4th February and 7th February (No sign-up required) If you're unable to attend one of the above sessions, from the 26th January until the 10th February on this website you will also be able to: Full details, and sign-up direction for the Developed Design Ideas Workshops, can be found on the home page of the Commonplace website. In the meantime, we encourage you to complete the Social Value Portal survey. Landsec are working with the Social Value Portal to develop a social value strategy for the masterplan (long-term, sustainable approaches for promoting positive social, economic and environmental impact). You can find this survey on our home page.

There have been updates to the Commonplace about upcoming opportunities to have your say and get involved with the Buchanan Galleries Consultation. There will be range of in-person events to take part in throughout July and August: We’d love as many people as possible to get involved with this important project. To find out more, register your interest to attend and obtain your free tickets, visit the How to Get Involved section of the hub, by clicking here .

Design Team Appointment Landsec is delighted to announce the appointment of a world class design team to progress the Buchanan Galleries redevelopment masterplan. Internationally renowned Foster + Partners will collaborate with leading Scottish firms Michael Laird Architects and New Practice to bring forward exciting plans for the area. They will be supported by the Glasgow offices of sustainability and engineering experts, Atelier Ten and Arup. The aspiration of the development, as announced in January 2022, is to replace the existing shopping centre with an exciting new mixed-use urban neighbourhood in the heart of Glasgow city centre, blending fantastic shopping with places to work, live and play. Nick Davis, Senior Development Director at Landsec: “We are delighted to have appointed a world class design team that will work with city stakeholders and communities to bring forward designs that support the city’s net zero ambitions, creates a new and vibrant district, and extend the city’s iconic and accessible grid layout.” Proposal Application Notice & Formal Consultation To progress the initial consultation period a Proposal Application Notice has been submitted to Glasgow City Council. This enabled community engagement partner New Practice to formally launch the consultation programme on 1 June 2022. Local people and city stakeholders were invited to register their interest via the Commonplace platform earlier this year, and we would welcome anyone not yet registered to visit the hub, by clicking here .