AN ARTIST'S aerial view shows for the first time the huge scale of a £330million office development on the outskirts of Glasgow.

AN ARTIST'S aerial view shows for the first time the huge scale of a £330million office development on the outskirts of Glasgow.

A total of 10 buildings with car parks and landscaped gardens will be spread over 756,000sq ft the equivalent of 27 football pitches.

The business park, named Maxim, at Eurocentral near Bellshill in Lanarkshire, will attract up to 7000 jobs and should be finished by March 2010.

Construction work is already under way on the site of the former Chunghwa plant, where tubes for computer monitors and TV screens were made.

The tubes plant - dubbed a white elephant as it failed to deliver a promised 3000 jobs after a £15m injection of public money - was demolished only last year after lying empty since 2002.

In the new overhead image, the Dakota Hotel near the M8 is pictured at the bottom left-hand corner, with the 10 office buildings sited above and to the right.

Karen Campbell, chief executive of the business park, said: "Maxim will set new standards in terms of working environments and will be set apart from every other UK business park by its sheer scale, high-quality design, buildings and on-site facilities."

As well as 10 office buildings, ranging from 58,600sq ft to 186,500sq ft, there will be on-site entertainment and leisure facilities, including 20,000sq ft of space for shops. The first office building is expected to be finished by this December.

The latest image of the business park was launched at MIPIM, the annual property conference in Cannes, France.

No businesses have yet been earmarked for the development but the commercial property agents responsible for attracting firms to the offices say the site will be one of the best of its kind in the UK.

Philip Reid, of property managers CBRE, said: "The intention is to create a best in class' modern working environment where occupiers enjoy all of the benefits of an out-of-town location but are also part of a vibrant commercial community.

"The development will suit large and small organisations and they will also benefit from extremely attractive commercial leasing packages."

Maxim is being funded by property firm Tritax Assets, with financial backing from the Bank of Scotland.

Tritax director Ian Ross said: "We have already had significant interest in the development and have been listening to the views of prospective occupiers."