Rutherglen Reimagined: Clyde Gateway’s £500M Plan to Turn Stadium Ruins into a Thriving Urban Hub
From greyhound tracks to green innovation, Rutherglen is on the brink of a radical transformation. Clyde Gateway has unveiled an ambitious £500 million masterplan to redevelop the site of the former Shawfield Stadium into a vibrant new urban quarter complete with a 150-room hotel, 450 homes, and over one million square feet of business and innovation space.
The plan, dubbed “Clyde Gateway Innovation”, was revealed at the UK Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in Leeds. It represents one of Scotland’s most significant urban regeneration efforts stretching across more than 100 hectares of prime land between South Lanarkshire and Glasgow’s east end.
More than just bricks and mortar, the development promises to create a “connect, collaborate, and create” ecosystem aimed at fueling high-value job creation, sustainability, and inward investment. At the heart of the masterplan is the Innovation Central building, an anchor facility that will offer flexible workspace and event spaces along the River Clyde.
Rutherglen’s metamorphosis will also include Red Tree Labs, delivering cutting-edge laboratory spaces powered by an existing low-carbon heat network, and XWorks HVM, a hub for high-value manufacturing and research. Supporting this are partnerships with Glasgow City Council, South Lanarkshire Council, Scottish Enterprise, and leading academic institutions like the University of Strathclyde.
Residential life won’t take a backseat either. The former stadium will give way to hundreds of homes, forming a walkable, livable mixed-use community with direct access to woodland trails, transport links, and the green corridors of the Clyde.
“This isn’t just regeneration, it’s reinvention,” says Clyde Gateway. “We’re not only reshaping land but also rewriting the story of Rutherglen.”
With outline planning permission secured and infrastructure already in place, the Clyde Gateway Innovation initiative looks set to turn post-industrial land into a launchpad for Scotland’s next economic chapter.
