Union Square Aberdeen

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, a ten screen 2,300 seat Cineworld cinema (the largest in Aberdeen) and a 3-star Jurys Inn hotel with 203 rooms.[2]

Union Square
LocationGuild Street, Aberdeen, Scotland
Coordinates57°8′37″N 2°5′42″W
Opening date29 October 2009
DeveloperHammerson
OwnerHammerson
No. of stores and services60+ (plus 15 Restaurants)
No. of anchor tenants1 (Marks & Spencer)
Total retail floor area700,000 sq ft (65,000 m2)
No. of floors2
Parking1700 spaces (3 floors + surface)
Websiteunionsquareaberdeen.com
Sign for Aberdeen Bus Station.
Sign directing pedestrians to Aberdeen Bus Station.

History

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
See also: Transport in Aberdeen

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

References
  1. "Hammerson announces opening date for Union Square in Aberdeen". Property Week. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  2. "Revealed: massive Aberdeen centre". Evening Express (Aberdeen). Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  3. Net, Hospitality. "New Jurys Inn Aberdeen Leads Regeneration Plans". Hospitality Net. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. "City's new £275m centre unveiled". 29 October 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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