The new units at the top of Buchanan Street are already occupied by major names, some of which have not had a presence in the city before.
Even in times of economic uncertainty with household budgets being squeezed and the challenge to retail from the internet, the big names still see Glasgow as a sound investment.
Retail is the city centre's lifeblood, drawing people who spend cash in other business helping keep people in jobs.
Buchanan Street, with the Galleries at one end and St Enoch Centre at the other, is firmly cemented as Scotland's premier shopping street and nowhere outside London comes close.
Other areas of the city centre and other high streets like Byres Road and Shawlands have witnessed many shop closures recently and investment is required in these areas and the other city centre streets.
Glasgow's attraction to shoppers is its diversity in offering more than the ubiquitous high street names that are important in their own right.
We welcome the development and look forward to its success and continue to look for ways to boost the city centre overall.
TODAY marks the opening of another major retail development in the city centre of Glasgow.
The new units at the top of Buchanan Street are already occupied by major names, some of which have not had a presence in the city before.
Even in times of economic uncertainty with household budgets being squeezed and the challenge to retail from the internet, the big names still see Glasgow as a sound investment.
Retail is the city centre's lifeblood, drawing people who spend cash in other business helping keep people in jobs.
Buchanan Street, with the Galleries at one end and St Enoch Centre at the other, is firmly cemented as Scotland's premier shopping street and nowhere outside London comes close.
Other areas of the city centre and other high streets like Byres Road and Shawlands have witnessed many shop closures recently and investment is required in these areas and the other city centre streets.
Glasgow's attraction to shoppers is its diversity in offering more than the ubiquitous high street names that are important in their own right.
We welcome the development and look forward to its success and continue to look for ways to boost the city centre overall.
