Union Square Aberdeen
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| Location | Guild Street, Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Coordinates | 57°8′37″N 2°5′42″W / 57.14361°N 2.09500°W |
| Opening date | 29 October 2009 |
| Developer | Hammerson |
| Owner | Hammerson |
| No. of stores and services | 60+ (plus 15 Restaurants) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 (Marks & Spencer) |
| Total retail floor area | 700,000 sq ft (65,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 1700 spaces (3 floors + surface) |
| Website | unionsquareaberdeen |
Union Square is a shopping centre located in the centre of Aberdeen, Scotland, which opened to the public on Thursday, 29 October 2009. The centre contains a covered shopping mall and retail park.[1] Located on Guild Street and Market Street, the development adjoins onto the side of Aberdeen railway station and a new Aberdeen bus station creating a transport hub.[1] The mall houses more than 60 shops, over fifteen restaurants (including a Davidson's Bar and Grille,) a ten screen 2,300 seat Cineworld cinema (the largest in Aberdeen) and a 3-star Leonardo hotel with 203 rooms.[2]
History[edit]
Following delays, the developer Hammerson began construction of Union Square in 2007. Costing £250 million, it is one of the largest city centre shopping developments in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Scotland after Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries, with a total retail space of 700,000 square feet (65,000 m2).[2] The hotel opened on 4 September 2009.[3] The shopping centre itself opened on 29 October 2009.[4] More than 40 shops were trading on opening day and this number rose to around 50 by Christmas, with many other retailers opening in 2010 and into 2011 onwards.
Transportation[edit]
The construction of Union Square on disused railway land also saw the redevelopment of Aberdeen bus station. The shopping centre is now part of a covered interchange between the bus and railway station. Additional bus services run past the centre via Guild Street.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Hammerson announces opening date for Union Square in Aberdeen". Property Week. Retrieved 13 August 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Revealed: massive Aberdeen centre". Evening Express (Aberdeen). Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ Net, Hospitality. "New Jurys Inn Aberdeen Leads Regeneration Plans". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "City's new £275m centre unveiled". 29 October 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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