THE WINDOWS and doors to Glasgow's most infamous hotel have been boarded up for closure.
Iron casting has been placed over the ground and first-floor levels of the Bellgrove Hotel - marking the end of a bleak "chapter" for the city.
Since the 1930s, the premises had been used to house homeless men who often endured squalor living conditions at the Gallowgate property.
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Yesterday, it was confirmed that the final 50 men to be residing at the hotel were moved out and relocated into new accommodation.
A statement from the Wheatley Group, Scotland's largest social landlord, reads: "Staff from Wheatley Care – part of Wheatley Group – have worked closely with Glasgow’s Health and Social Care Partnership to help around 50 vulnerable men get the tailored care and support they need to move on with their lives.
“The closure of the hotel brings an end to this chapter in the Bellgrove story and paves the way for a bright new future for the Gallowgate with more affordable housing planned for the east end.”
In April, we told how a deal had been struck by Glasgow City Council and the hotel's former owners to buy over the building.
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