The Western site next to the University’s Gilmorehill campus
Plans for a major expansion and development of the University of Glasgow's main Gilmorehill campus have been unveiled. The University has already secured most of the site currently occupied by the Western Infirmary in an area bounded by Dumbarton Road, Church Street and University Avenue from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Talks are continuing to secure a remaining part of the site which would provide the entire 14 acres for University use. The Western Infirmary will continue to operate until 2015. Work will now begin on a campus strategy including the building of a development framework that will involve extensive consultation with University of Glasgow staff, students, local residents, businesses and other interest groups. There will also be widespread discussions with Glasgow City Council, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and other key stakeholders on the most appropriate way to develop the site. Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, said: "This is as significant a development in the on-going story of the University of Glasgow as the relocation to Gilmorehill from the city centre was in 1870.
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