ALMOST a year after a long-awaited hotel shut its doors just days before Christmas, the building remains unsold. 

Glasgow's Virgin Hotel, which was originally due to open in December 2022, opened its doors on Clyde Street on August 18, 2023. 

The 17-storey 165-bedroom luxury hotel, which has the capacity to have up to 242 rooms, featured a ground-floor restaurant and bar, a mezzanine bar and lounge, flexible terrace and and a conference and meeting space for up to 60 delegates with its Commons Club restaurant and bar only opening at the end of November.

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(Image: Colin Mearns) However, just four months after the hotel began welcoming guests it suddenly closed on Tuesday, December 19 with bosses telling 150 staff they would be made redundant less than a week before Christmas and guests being rebooked into other hotels. 

In March, the Glasgow Times reported that Savills was bringing the property to the market, saying it has potential for further development with the opportunity to complete the remaining 77-bedrooms as well as public spaces such as a proposed gym, function suite, whisky bar and coffee shop. 

It has still not been sold after seven months. 

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(Image: Colin Mearns)

Glasgow's Virgin Hotel was closed after Lloyds Development Limited, who own the building, were forced to enter administration in early December and a lender rejected the Virgin Group's offer to buy the property in a bid to keep the location open. 

Blair Nimmo and Geoff Jacobs of Interpath Advisory were appointed as Insolvency Practitioners to Lloyds Development Ltd. 

Pictures of the building now show furniture and plants are still inside the hotel with glasses even lining the downstairs bar. 

(Image: Colin Mearns) There are also open cardboard boxes on the bar and what appears to be a body spray as it remains frozen in time. 

When the hotel was closed, former staff claimed their keycards and passes were cancelled so they struggled to access their belongings inside lockers and said they were also forced to leave from the back or the building. 

While the building remains unsold, it is understood administrators continue to "assess options" for the property in cooperation with the secured lender and Savills.