PLANS have been unveiled for a £16million Glasgow office block with the aim of bringing hundreds of jobs to the East End.

Bosses of regeneration company Clyde Gateway want to site the four-storey building near the 2014 Commonwealth Games location in Dalmarnock.

It would be in Dalmarnock Road, across the road from the new entrance to Dalmarnock railway station, which is undergoing a £9m upgrade.

Plans for the block include an in-house hi-tech conference centre to be made available to businesses across the whole of the East End.

Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company believes the 10,000 square metre building will have real potential as a sought after business HQ.

A public consultation will take place tomorrow and on Friday. If local people give the proposal the thumbs-up and the city council gives planning permission then the building will be marketed in the UK and internationally.

If no single large business is tempted to use it as a new head office then Clyde Gateway bosses say the building will be an ideal location for a number of small and medium-sized firms.

Alison Brown, the company's project manager, said: "The imminent opening of the East End Regeneration Route and the completion of the £9m overhaul of Dalmarnock Station next year will transform how the area will look.

"This will provide the commercial market with an exciting new business location.

"We are proposing the office building contains much-needed conference centre facilities. These could be used not just by the occupants of this building but also the existing and future businesses from across the East End.

"The development could be key to the future regeneration of the area around the revamped Dalmarnock station on land entirely owned by Clyde Gateway.

"Many companies and organisations are now keen to locate where there are excellent public transport facilities, and Dalmarnock station easily fits that bill."

The public consultation sessions take place tomorrow at Clyde Gateway's office at Bridgeton Cross from 11am-8pm and at the Dalmarnock Centre, Lily Street, from 11am-3pm.

Another session will be held at Clyde Gateway's HQ on Friday also from 11am-3pm.

Ms Brown said: "If there is local support for a development of this nature, we would look to obtain planning permission over the coming months.

"We would then look to find private sector partners to work alongside us to identify suitable occupiers. A building of this nature will take about 18 months to construct from scratch."

gordon.thomson@ eveningtimes.co.uk

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