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Crown Street Gorbals
Crown Street Gorbals: FOI release (reference 4851)
Date received
30 October 2020
Date responded
27 November 2020
Information requested
1. Recently Scottish Enterprise has sold the remainder of the ‘triangular site’ on Crown Street to New Gorbals HA. Can you please advise me if Scottish Enterprise sold the site to New Gorbals as a serviced site?
2. Can you please advise me of the purchase price paid by New Gorbals for the site.
3. Are Scottish Enterprise ‘topping up’ any shortfall in the funding required?
Response
1. The housing site at Crown Street has been sold by Scottish Enterprise to New Gorbals Housing Association along with another parcel of land at Caledonia Road. The sites were sold “as seen” with no Scottish Enterprise financial or other support/undertaking.
2. The price for the two sites was £47,500 and the Date of Entry was 8th March 2019.
3. We refer to our response to Q1 above: The sites were sold “as seen” with no Scottish Enterprise financial or other support/undertaking.
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