Supermarket giants queue up for ageing shopping mall

Tesco, Waitrose and Asda are believed to be among a host of retailers running the rule over the ageing Shawlands shopping arcade on the southside of Glasgow.

AWG Property bought the 1960s arcade a month ago in a £21 million deal and is reviewing the options open to it.

The residential area surrounding the arcade has undergone dramatic demographic change in recent years, and AWG said both Glasgow City Council and the local MSP Gordon Jackson are keen to see the site redeveloped.

After a lively discussion at the Strathbungo AGM on Monday, residents decided to take the traffic chaos in Strathbungo into their own hands.

In an attempt to stress that the lanes running parallel to Pollokshaws Rd and Moray Place are private property with no through access, several residents decided to block the lanes using bollards.

The hope is that local residents will know their way around Strathbungo well enough to avoid the bollards and rat runners will be put off by this simple deterrent.