Bruntwood MET Tower

Bruntwood SciTech’s proposals include both its refurbishment vision for the former City of Glasgow College building as well as detailed plans for a new, adjoining tower which collectively will create a new technology and digital hub in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre and Glasgow City Innovation District.

Combined, the towers will offer more than 200,000 sqft of serviced and leased office space to supercharge the growth of the city’s tech sector. The detailed scheme outlines how the existing 110,000 sqft 14-storey Met Tower will be redeveloped to offer 2-40 person serviced offices and larger leased office space, accompanied with multiple meeting rooms including a 16 person boardroom, flexible breakout spaces, a wellness and treatment room, cafe, and multi-faith room.

The new building is expected to achieve net zero carbon in construction and with both buildings achieving net zero operation in their shared spaces.

The development activity at the Met Tower is also expected to retain as much of the building’s existing fabric as possible, significantly reducing the embedded carbon impact of the re-development.

The proposals include materials to reduce the environmental impact of the building, vertical fins for active solar shading, and expectations to achieve BREEAM Excellent status, a NABERS 5 Star rating and an EPC A rating once operational.

Both buildings have been designed in line with smart technology and wellbeing principles and will feature extensive biophilia.