The new headquarters of Police Scotland has been completed and unveiled by Clyde Gateway.

The Glasgow development will be home to around 1,100 Police Scotland staff from 2015.

The finished building, Riverside East, is a £24m, five-storey block located on a brownfield site which overlooks the River Clyde in Dalmarnock.

Clyde Gateway has said the project, which took 17 months to complete, is one of the most important regeneration projects in a generation.

Ian Manson, Chief Executive of Clyde Gateway, said: "This has been the biggest single construction project we have undertaken so far and is a very clear demonstration of our capabilities and ambitions.

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"The transformation of the east end communities is being done on a scale, at a level and over an extended timescale never seen before. We have been working away quietly and effectively these past few years but now that the Commonwealth Games have come and gone it is our task to ensure the continued and sustainable delivery of the legacy promised to local people.

"Riverside East has already had a big impact with 50 local people being provided with jobs, training or work experience during the construction phase with a number of young people getting their careers off to the perfect start."

He added: "It was a very deliberate effort on our behalf to develop this particular site given its prominent location on the banks of the Clyde and being so close to the likes of Glasgow Green, Richmond Park and Shawfield.

"The east end is unrecognisable from just a few years ago and is now awash with opportunity. I am delighted that our efforts have already attracted an organisation with the stature of Police Scotland and I'm very confident they will among an ever-increasing number who will make their home here in the fastest-changing area in the country."

(JP/CD)