image for illustration – taken from original image of Scaffolding on Union Street by Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped to show Egyptian Halls)
The Egyptian Halls on Glasgow’s Union Street could become subject to a compulsory purchase order, as the city council seeks development ideas to save this ‘architectural treasure that is crumbling after sitting largely vacant for three decades’.
The Scotsman writes:
The Egyptian Halls on Union Street in Glasgow was put up for sale in March last year after being on the buildings at risk register since 1990. The 153-year-old A-listing building, designed by famed Glasgow architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, is mostly derelict….
Now a Glasgow City Council committee has approved an investigation period for the use of a compulsory purchase order (CPO)….
The deadline for any proposals to be submitted under the council’s decision is October 17. The existing owners have the option of selling the property up until that deadline.
