Demolition of Glasgow’s O2 ABC has been halted as building no longer considered ‘danger’

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Glasgow City Council has said the former O2 ABC site is no longer dangerous after the first phase of its demolition came to a halt at the end of last year.

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00:00Demolition of the O2 ABC on Suckyhall Street has been halted for the time being as it's

00:04no longer considered dangerous. The former music venue has been derelict since the second

00:09Glasgow School of Art fire in July 2018 and has been dormant since initial demolition

00:14works were completed at the end of 2024. Glaswegians have complained about the state of the site

00:20and its negative impact on the aesthetic of the street, calling it an eyesore, saying

00:26there's brick and steel jutting out everywhere. Glasgow City Council has confirmed the future

00:30of the site is currently being considered and the building is no longer considered dangerous.

00:35Plans have been submitted by the Vita Group who own the site for a mixed student accommodation

00:40and hospitality hub, though locals generally aren't happy, calling the plans detrimental

00:45and concerned they will wipe out views of historic buildings. They believe the new plans will

00:50limit access to culture in the area. Realised plans depicting a lifelike model of the potential

00:56new building are being shared across social media as one local used information from the

01:02proposal to show what it would look like. Heritage organisations have also criticised the plans,

01:08saying they'll overshadow everything on the street. They argued that the current proposal

01:13is substantially larger in height and therefore volume than the proposal that was rejected eight

01:18years ago. By the council, on grounds it was too big.

01:21So this is what the former O2 ABC has looked like since the end of last year. It's essentially

01:27just a big pile of rubble. I mean, nothing's spilling out over to the pavement, but it is just

01:33jaggedy bits of steel and brick. So what do you think? What do you think it should become?

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