Following the commission, the brief was increased due to the agreement between the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Funding Council to provide facilities for the Glasgow City Centre Colleges whose main campus is on an adjacent site. This is an opportunity to provide an exemplary sports and learning facility, one of the largest in the UK. The project provides a replacement for the University's existing sports centre as well as providing academic teaching facilities for the Department of Sports, Culture and the Arts and the Glasgow City Centre Colleges.

The building includes three swimming pools, a 230 station fitness suite, three sports halls providing a total of 15 courts, dance studios, ASB type squash courts, teaching spaces for sport and health as well as academic delivery of therapy courses and therapy rooms for clinics and the development of public access to treatment. The development also includes a Performance Laboratory for Sports Science teaching and analysis which is designed for use by the university and college students and staff. Office accommodation for the University Departmental Staff is also provided.

The project is located in Central Glasgow on Cathedral Street and the design has been developed to enhance the life and activity of that main route into the main shopping district. The building is located within the campus and very close to the main student village - this aspect of the project makes it a very significant development for the university and the city of Glasgow.