Glasgow City Council will this week consider - at its Executive Committee on Friday 26 June - a report recommending the preferred development partner, the City Legacy consortium, to deliver the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village.
The successful development of the 38.5 hectares site in Dalmarnock, in the heart of the Clyde Gateway project, is a key component in the delivery of the Games. The Village will provide accommodation and facilities for 6,500 competitors and officials.
After the Games, the Village is set to become a new residential community including private housing, 300 homes for rent and a new 120 bed care home for the elderly. The removal of the temporary facilities within the Athletes’ Village after the Games will release additional land for further residential development.
The masterplan submitted by City Legacy, which includes RMJM as Masterplanners and Design Champions, will deliver a 95% reduction in carbon emissions from the new homes to be constructed - a first in Scotland for a development of this scale, of over 1400 homes and the care home.
Through the development of the Village, the successful development partner will be expected to bring community benefits to the city by generating employment and training opportunities and creating opportunities for small to medium sized enterprises and social enterprises.
After inviting interested parties to submit initial masterplans illustrating how they would develop the site, the three consortia on the final shortlist were considered by Glasgow City Council in the final months of the project, before the final scoring process and selection was made.
Throughout the entire process, the businesses involved had to show that they had the appropriate resources, knowledge, skills and experience to deliver the master planning, funding, construction and re-use of the Athletes’ Village.
The key criteria of the scoring process included project design, project delivery, infrastructure impact, community benefits and contractual, financial and legal details.
While Glasgow City Council will make the Village site available at nil cost initially in order to reduce borrowing requirements, the appointed development partner will enter into a profit sharing arrangement with the Council at the end of the project.
Above images of 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes' Village. Copyright: RMJM.
