[4] Much of Charing Cross' architecture (along with that of adjacent Anderston) was destroyed when the West Flank of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road (now part of the M8 motorway) was built through it in the late 1960s.

As such, the podium was not developed until 1992 when Tay House (300 Bath Street) – a distinctive salmon pink 160,000 square feet (15,000 m2) office building, was constructed atop the structure.

Nearby is an abstract concrete relief mural by Keith McCarter, made in 1971 as part of the Elmbank Gardens office complex.

[12] In 2022, a consultation was launched by Glasgow City Council on the regeneration of the area and plans to improve the public realm of Charing Cross and relink the communities that were severed by the construction of the M8 in the late 1960s.

A key plank of the proposals continues to be the construction of a raised garden to partially cover the trench in which the motorway runs[13] The Charing Cross Gateway ("CXG") project was unveiled in August 2023 by London and Scottish Property Investments (L&SPI)[14] – the owner of the Tay House and Elmbank Gardens office complexes which occupy much of the required land.