Plans have been submitted to bring the abandoned former Leyland Motor Company building back to life.
The leaseholder wants to transform the space into multiple kitchens for independent restaurants to use.
Glasgow's food scene remains one of the best with a variety of cuisines and flavours on offer and plenty of mouth-watering treats to choose from.
The B-listed building on Salkeld Street is in ruins and in need of a major refurbishment, with the garages to the rear of the building occupied.
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It's also been subject to anti-social behaviour including fly-tipping, trespassing and rodents in the many years it has been empty.
A businessman, who took on a 20-year lease on the building, wants to transform the forgotten building into 10 commercial kitchens as well as break-out areas, storage facilities for food, restrooms and wellness rooms.
The project is awaiting planning consideration from Glasgow City Council and could cost anywhere in the region of £700,000 and one million pounds to complete.
The leaseholder told Glasgow Live: "I’ve got a lot of family and friends who are in the food trade and over the last few years I’ve seen them struggle with the cost of supply as the cost of goods are going up. They have found it really hard to operate in a single unit, there’s high rents and rates.
"There will be 10 individual operators working from one space. An individual operator will be able to leverage the scale of nine other businesses operating in the same space.
"That will allow them to share best practices and learn from each other. It could be used as a training facility.
"Imagine you’ve got one or two busy restaurants right now that are packed everyday and you don’t really have much capacity to step away. Businesses have reached out to me asking to use this building as a training centre for new chefs to test new menus, it’s easy for them to do that because everything will be set up for them.
"It’s perfectly located with access to the M8 and M74. You can cover a lot of ground within a two mile radius."
The building has been derelict for a number of years and has been left battered and bruised.
The leaseholder added: "I’m fortunate to be supported by investors who are willing to invest not only in this building but this local area. I don’t know what is going to happen to this building if no one takes it.
"Everyone in this area wants to see this brought back to life. When you drive past it, it’s actually really sad to see.
"It’s subject to fly-tipping and people take advantage of the building being closed and leave whatever items they want. I’ve seen fridges with out of date meat left on the side and ultimately, it’s the taxpayer who pays the cost.
"All the graffiti will be removed. The boards on the windows will be removed and all the windows will be preserved to their original standards.
"The preservation and character of this listed building won’t be impacted. Having this type of investment into this city is really important.
"Glasgow has a vibrant food industry and we need to support that. It supports the council and countries' target for net zero. This building allows foods to be transported to homes using bicycles and electric scooters.
"Hopefully we’ll see an approval in a few months' time."
The application is pending consideration by Glasgow City Council.
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