Union Square Aberdeen
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{{infobox shopping mall
| name = Union Square
| image = UnionSquareLogo.png
| image_width = 150px
| caption =
| location = Guild Street, Aberdeen, Scotland
| coordinates = {{Coord|57|8|37|N|2|5|42|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opening_date = 29 October 2009
| management =
| developer = Hammerson
| owner = Hammerson
| number_of_stores = 60+ (plus 15 Restaurants)
| number_of_anchors = 1 (Marks & Spencer)
| floor_area = {{cvt|700,000|sqft}}
| parking = 1700 spaces (3 floors + surface)
| floors = 2
| website = {{url|https://unionsquareaberdeen.com}}
}}
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=297&storycode=3147044&c=1#ixzz0OcjSe7Wg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131184158/http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=297&storycode=3147044&c=1%23ixzz0OcjSe7Wg|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2013|publisher=Property Week|access-date=13 August 2009|title=Hammerson announces opening date for Union Square in Aberdeen}} Located on Guild Street and Market Street, the development adjoins onto the side of Aberdeen railway station and Aberdeen bus station creating a transport hub. The shopping centre 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.
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 {{convert|700000|sqft|m2|sigfig=2}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/699617?UserKey=|publisher=Evening Express (Aberdeen)|access-date=13 August 2009|title=Revealed: massive Aberdeen centre}} The hotel opened on 4 September 2009.{{Cite web|last=Net|first=Hospitality|title=New Jurys Inn Aberdeen Leads Regeneration Plans|url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4043251.html|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Hospitality Net|language=en-us}} and the rest of the shopping centre opened 7 weeks later on 29 October.{{Cite news|date=2009-10-29|title=City's new £275m centre unveiled|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8326063.stm|access-date=2021-01-25}} 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.
In January 2024, Marks & Spencer announced that the Union Square store will be extended, absorbing the neighbouring TK Maxx, with the expanded store opening in 2025 following the Bon Accord Centre branch closing.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6341113/ms-aberdeen-closure/ |title=Aberdeen’s flagship M&S to close as Union Square shop doubles in size |author=Ben Hendry |work=Press and Journal |date=18 January 2024 |access-date=28 April 2024}}
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
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External links
- [http://www.unionsquareaberdeen.com Union Square official site]
{{Shopping centres in Scotland}}
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Category:Shopping centres in Aberdeen