Collegelands
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{{Infobox building
| name = Collegelands
| image = Collegelands.jpg
| status = Complete
| building_type = Residential
| address = 10 Hannavah Street
| location_city = Glasgow
| location_country = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|55.85903|-4.239496|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:edu_region:GB}}
| completion_date =
| opened_date = August 2012
| cost = £29,600,000
| client = Watkin Jones Group
| floor_count = 9
| grounds_area = {{cvt|17932|m2|sqft}}
| architecture_firm = Manson Architects
| rooms = 588
| parking = Yes
}}
Collegelands is part of a £200{{nbsp}}million development project in the heart of Glasgow, Scotland. At the time of its opening in 2012, it was one of the largest regeneration projects in the United Kingdom.
The location, close to the original site of the University of Glasgow,[https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA01061&t=2 Old College (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection, late 1660s)], The Glasgow Story[https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA01107&t=2 Old College (Mitchell Library, Joseph Swan, 1821)], The Glasgow Story{{cite web|title=Glasgow, High Street, Old College|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/44095/glasgow-high-street-old-college|website=canmore.org.uk|accessdate=4 October 2019}} takes up {{convert|1.1|e6sqft|m2|order=flip|abbr=off}} on the corner of Duke Street and High Street. Collegelands, latterly known as the College Goods Railway Yard,[https://canmore.org.uk/site/44146/glasgow-208-high-street-high-street-goods-station Glasgow, 208 High Street, High Street Goods Station], Canmore{{cite web|title=TheGlasgowStory: College Goods Station|url=http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSE01037|website=The Glasgow Story|accessdate=4 October 2019}} is Glasgow's first new city centre quarter in several years.[https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/3331/Collegelands_office_scheme_opens_its_doors.html Collegelands office scheme opens its doors], Urban Realm, 2 February 2012{{cite web|title=New Collegelands business and residential site to open in city centre|url=https://stv.tv/news/west-central/27136-new-collegelands-business-and-residential-site-to-open-in-city-centre/|website=STV News|accessdate=4 October 2019|date=2 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104072626/https://stv.tv/news/west-central/27136-new-collegelands-business-and-residential-site-to-open-in-city-centre/|archive-date=4 January 2019|url-status=dead}} The margin wall of the former College Goods Yard railway station on Duke Street has been reserved, in affirmation to the history of the site. The existing High Street railway station is directly to the west of the development.
The development has been created through a partnership between Glasgow City Council and Watkin Dawn Group.
This development comprises 588 student study bedrooms including 565 en-suite bedrooms and 23 self-contained studio flats over nine storeys, with some ground floor retail units. Within the buildings footmark two courtyards were formed.{{cite web|publisher=Dawn Developments|title=14 arce mixed use regeneration project|url=http://www.dawn-developments.co.uk/collegelands1.html}} It is situated on Havannah Street. Collegelands accommodates over 400 undergraduate and postgraduate University of Strathclyde students.{{cite web|title=Developers for Collegelands Glasgow|url=http://www.watkinjones.com/collegelands-glasgow/|website=Watkins Jones Group}}
The facility is managed by Fresh Student Living which houses over 12,000 students in over 40 university and college locations across the UK.{{cite web|title=Collegelands|url=https://freshstudentliving.co.uk/property/collegelands/|publisher=Fresh Student Living}}
The development has attracted criticism from commentators for its unremarkable construction style in an area of high local aesthetic and historic value.[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/10/glasgow-high-street-desecrated-built-heritage Glasgow’s oldest street will be desecrated, its built heritage disfigured], The Guardian, 10 March 2018[https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/6248/Collegelands_student_housing_expansion_proposals_updated.html Collegelands student housing expansion proposals updated], Urban Realm, 11 July 2016