Elphinstone Place

Elphinstone Place
General information
Status	Never built
Type	Residential and Mixed Use
Location	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°51′43″N 4°15′40″W / 55.862°N 4.261°W / 55.862; -4.261Coordinates: 55°51′43″N 4°15′40″W / 55.862°N 4.261°W / 55.862; -4.261
Height
Roof	134 metres (440 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	39
Design and construction
Architect	Cooper Cromar
References
^[1]

Elphinstone Place is a cancelled skyscraper project that was scheduled to be built in Glasgow, Scotland. The building, which had been in the planning stage since 2004 would have been a mixed use development consisting of office, retail and residential. It was to be built on the site of the former Strathclyde Regional Council Headquarters.

In July 2008 The developers Elphinstone announced that the building had been cancelled due to the difficulties arising from the Subprime mortgage crisis, with one of the main financial backers of the project being the failed Lehman Brothers.^[2] Although ground work had been completed for the tower it was indicated by the developer that a "fall-back project is not in place" for the site.

At 39-stories the structure would have been the tallest building in both Glasgow and Scotland. The building would have been situated at the western end of Blythswood Hill on the edge of Glasgow's financial district (IFSD).

In July 2012, it was announced that the site would instead be used for a new headquarters complex for the energy company, Scottish Power. The building is expected to be open by 2015.

References

↑ Elphinstone Place at SkyscraperPage
↑ "Credit Crunch fells 120m City Tower". The Herald. Retrieved 14 July 2008.

External links

Skyscrapers over 140 metres in the United Kingdom

Completed

Liverpool	West Tower

London	The Shard One Canada Square Heron Tower Leadenhall Building 8 Canada Square Citigroup Centre BT Tower Tower 42 St George Wharf Tower 30 St. Mary Axe Broadgate Tower 20 Fenchurch Street One Churchill Place 25 Bank Street 40 Bank Street 10 Upper Bank Street Pan Peninsula Strata SE1 Guy's Hospital Tower 22 Marsh Wall

Manchester	Beetham Tower

Under construction

London	22 Bishopsgate (on hold) Riverside South (on hold) 1 Blackfriars 52-54 Lime Street Baltimore Tower South Bank Tower (being extended) Saffron Tower

Approved

Birmingham	Regal Tower

London	City Pride Columbus Tower North Quay The Pride Wood Wharf Heron Quays West One Park Place Principal Place Croydon Gateway Arena Block A The Blade 100 Bishopsgate One Nine Elms 1 & 2 Vauxhall Square 1 & 2 Vauxhall Island Ludgate and Sampson Doon Street Tower Ram Brewery Tower 1 40 Leadenhall Street Lansdowne Road Croydon

Manchester	Owen Street Piccadilly Tower

Glasgow	Savoy Centre Towers

Proposed

Birmingham	V Building VTP200

Glasgow	East One Cheapside Tower 1 Cheapside Tower 2 Cheapside Tower 3

Leeds	Millgarth Tower

Liverpool	Shanghai Tower King Edward Tower

London	Croydon Gateway Arena Block A Newfoundland 360-London New Bondway

Manchester	1 Spinningfields

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