Progress for town centre housing projects
Demolition plans for the Orrs building in Airdrie are now in place with construction beginning this spring and a contract has been awarded for detailed design development work at the former Municipal Buildings in Coatbridge, marking exciting progress being made in two of our town centre housing projects.
The Orrs building is one of the most prominent locations in Airdrie town centre, and its demolition will make way for a mixed development of new housing and commercial units, breathing life into the South Bridge Street site. We have committed to buying 20 new homes from developer, Wilson Developments Limited, as part of our ambitious new housing supply programme. Work on this site is expected to be completed by summer 2022.
The contract award for development work at the former Municipal Buildings will see detailed design proposals progressed for the conversion of this listed building to deliver around 49 hew homes (including some new build) as part of our new housing supply programme. This development has also seen agreement that the former burgh chamber, committee room and associated offices will be retained and converted for touch down and office space for council employees and linked to the adjacent school hub.
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