@TheJagsman The poorer parts of many cities have been turned into the desirable parts through such development. You only have to look at most docklands as an example.
@TheConstantGardener I don't doubt it, but seemingly the east end of Glasgow is a very low priority for the city council. Other than Dalmarnock where the 2014 commonwealth games were hosted, spent no end of time cleaning that up for the cameras.
@revenant They are old buildings and money hasn't gone into them. A few of the ones pictured sit within a site that used to be filled with abandoned buildings. Mainly occupied till the early 90s by two large department stores.
A company named selfridges bought the site in the early 2000s and kept saying they'd build a store there but it never happened and the site was sold, twice since. A lot of the buildings on the site were demolished in 2013. Though now its expected something might actually happen once planning permission is granted.
