Aberdeen City Council purchased the former British Home Stores site and Indoor Market for redevelopment as part of the recovery plan for the city centre.
The proposal is to develop the site with attractive market-style floorspace to create a destination venue featuring international style food and drink outlets. It is envisioned that commercial marketplace elements would promote local produce and goods alongside continental style delicatessen, cafes and food outlets.
The market building is a critical site in the heart of the city centre and provides the opportunity to achieve several objectives including the creation of an ‘active’ frontage to Union Street, linking with active travel and pedestrian priorities for the city centre and increasing footfall within the city centre. This will also include the creation of a new retail destination for the city centre, enlivening Hadden Street and Market Street with urban realm improvements in and around The Green. This will create pedestrian connectivity between Union Street and the bus and railway stations.
The McGinty’s Group, behind some of Aberdeen’s most loved venues, were appointed as preferred operator of the new Market in August 2023.