PROPOSALS to breathe new life into an old Greenock sugar refinery have moved forward with submission of a planning application for the development.
Creative Regeneration have applied to convert, alter and extend the Grade B-listed Glebe building on Ker Street/Crawfurd Street, as well as creating a public square.
It would become a community learning hub with activities taking place over five existing floors and a new rooftop extension. It’s hoped the project will be completed by spring 2028.
Documents provided to Inverclyde Council planners state that the ground floor would have flexible hall space; the first floor would have ‘maker studios’; the second floor ‘maker space’ and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) classroom; the third floor would be a digital production studio; the fourth floor a ‘retrofit academy’; and
the new rooftop level would be exhibition space.
The applicants state: “The building is considered an ‘icon’ within Inverclyde, and the regeneration is a shared quest of those within the community to revitalise a piece of history and bring this building back from a state of decay.”
The proposals are now pending assessment by officials.
More about the project on Creative Regeneration website
