Plans designed by Glasgow-based Parr Architects comprise 800,000 sf of new development. This includes 500,000 sf of offices in several stand-alone, multi-story buildings as well as 300 homes and a 150-room hotel at the former Glasgow Garden Festival site. Europe's largest media village is already under construction on the waterfront with the new BBC and Scottish TV buildings under construction.

"This development plan updates previous proposals for the site, which have existed for some years," says Alan Somerville, director at PQD. "We now want to create a vibrant community for the area, more in keeping with the range of high-profile companies that are making Pacific Quay their home, such as the BBC and Scottish TV. We are providing the key piece of the jigsaw puzzle for the regeneration of the Clyde Corridor, and at the same time providing an accessible and high-quality link, bringing the city closer together."

The revised proposals represent a major step forward in the urban regeneration of an area that was once the commercial heartland of Glasgow. Pacific Quay, formerly known as Princes Dock, formed an important part of Glasgow's once thriving industrial docklands.

It became a hub for a wide range of support industries ranging from brass foundry and boiler works to pick-handle works. The dock operated as a successful cargo port for more than 100 years, but its importance gradually declined as the city's diminishing shipbuilding industry witnessed the drift of the surviving dockyards downriver.