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Aerial view of Artisan’s St Vincent Studios development at 292 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

Artisan Celebrates Topping Out at St Vincent Studios in Glasgow

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Artisan Real Estate has celebrated a major milestone at St Vincent Studios, its £38 million student accommodation development at 292 St Vincent Street in Glasgow, delivered in partnership with Housing Growth Partnership.

The topping-out ceremony on 8 October 2025 marked progress towards creating 321 self-contained studio apartments across 16 floors, transforming a former office site into a new student community in the city centre.

Signing the commemorative plaque at the St Vincent Studios topping-out ceremony

Meeting Glasgow’s need for student accommodation

David Westwater, Artisan’s Development Director for Scotland, highlighted the importance of the development’s location and its contribution to the city’s student housing provision:

“The site is in a superb city centre location and meets the urgent need for high-quality student accommodation in the city – especially for individual studio apartments.

“The completed development will provide self-contained studio apartments together with a range of additional facilities and amenities over 16 floors, and the more longer-term student market we are targeting will bring energy and investment to the city centre. St Vincent Studios is a well-designed development which replaces an existing office block which had remained vacant for more than five years.”

Bringing new life to St Vincent Street

The development reflects Artisan’s approach to city centre regeneration, replacing a vacant 1970s office building with accommodation close to the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Caledonian University and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Facilities include study areas, a gym, cinema room, roof terraces, reception and secure storage for 160 bicycles. Homes for Students is the scheme’s student accommodation management partner.

Artisan and Housing Growth Partnership were joined at the ceremony by construction partner GRAHAM, Homes for Students, Turner & Townsend and Hawkins Brown Architects. The project team signed a commemorative plaque to mark the occasion.

At the time of the ceremony, the development was scheduled for completion in summer 2026, ahead of the new academic year.