Sandy Easdale has hit out at cllr Aikten after he and his brother James were denieddirectors bought the unit, which sits on the corner of Sauchiehall Street and Bath Street, in September 2020 and had planned to create a 125-bedroom hotel with retail space on the ground floor.Proposal for former Watt Brothers store
Speaking exclusively to our sister title The Herald she said: "What we have got at the moment is buildings that we don't own and we have very little power in terms of being able to compel owners to do something."We use Compulsory Purchase Orders much more now for empty homes but they can take a long, long time, they end up in court and they are expensive to use.
He said:"Aitken really has a brass neck. We have been blocked by the planning department from day one so the building is just sitting there empty."She is a hypocrite by saying empty buildings must be bought up and developed eradicated yet my brother and I are willing to pour £20m into this development and once again give Glasgow a building it can be proud of."
A Glasgow City Council spokesperson said:"The Council is keen to support the repurposing of buildings throughout the city and particularly in the city centre and is invested in exploring how the technical challenges in bringing buildings back into new use can be overcome.
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