{"id":671780,"date":"2026-07-03T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671780\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:22:10","slug":"creative-scotland-to-sell-centre-for-contemporary-arts-building-as-cultural-asset-after-insolvency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671780\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Scotland to sell Centre for Contemporary Arts building as &#8216;cultural asset&#8217; after insolvency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creative Scotland is looking to sell the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) building in Glasgow after it fell into insolvency.<\/p>\n<p>The centre on Sauchiehall Street shut for good earlier this year after entering liquidation and making all staff redundant.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow and Scottish Labour, asked for an update on the work carried out by Creative Scotland to support the centre\u2019s reopening.<\/p>\n<p>In a written parliamentary answer, culture secretary Mairi McAllan said the Scottish Government\u2019s preference is for the centre to reopen.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThe insolvency of the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is an ongoing legal process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Scottish Government appreciates the challenges that this has created for the staff affected and for Glasgow\u2019s cultural community more broadly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Scottish Government\u2019s preference is to see 350 Sauchiehall Street re-open as an important asset to both Glasgow\u2019s and Scotland\u2019s culture and creative sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreative Scotland, as owner of the building, continues to work on an open process for its future with the intention to sell the building as a cultural asset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Creative Scotland said: \u201cWe have yet to open a formal process to invite interest in the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe insolvency process for the CCA organisation is still in progress, and we are ensuring that the building is safe and secure during the period of closure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be issuing a further update as soon as appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Creative Scotland is looking to sell the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) building in Glasgow after it fell&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-671780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}