A five-storey building with new housing has been unveiled in the east end of Glasgow, thanks to an £11m investment by Thenue Housing and £5.4m from the city council.

The development has transformed a derelict site on London Road into the location of 37 new homes and a new office for the social housing provider.

The development was officially launched by the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Councillor Sadie Docherty.

She said: "These are well built affordable homes and I'm delighted to declare them open."

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The development is made up of 16 three-apartment flats, four cottage flats and 4 four-apartment flats. To the rear of the building there are a further 10 terraced houses, 2 semi-detached properties and 1 wheelchair-accessible bungalow.

It was in part created in partnership with the Aberlour Child Care Trust - the largest, solely Scottish children's charity which also has offices and 12 properties within the complex.

Charlie Turner, Chief Executive of Thenue Housing Association, said: "This impressive new development confirms our promise to build much needed homes for the people we serve. People living in the east end tell us all the time that new housing is a priority. Working with our partners including Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government we are delighted to be responding to that need."

Thenue Chairperson Yvonne McShea said: "Thenue believes that we will only regenerate our communities if we also try to improve the quality of life for all our residents. These new homes do just that."

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