Information about the Union Square Aberdeen Shopping Centre at Guild Street which is the second largest shopping centre in Scotland

Union Square Aberdeen Shopping Centre can be found at Guild Street next to the bus and railway station and opposite Aberdeen harbour. Vehicle access is via Market Street. Cars should take the second exit on the right.

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Union Square Aberdeen Shops

The following Union Square Aberdeen shops have online facilities:

Marks and Spencer

Burton

Dorothy Perkins

Shops in Union Square

Other shops in Union Square shopping centre on Aberdeen are on the ground floor: Hobby Craft, Instyle - a leather furniture store, Mamas and Papas, JD Sports, Outfit, Miss Selfridge, Wallis (these are accessible from the ground car park), Boots, Cult, USC, Vero Moda, Jack Jones, AB10, Zara, Ale, TM Lewin, Paperchase, Faith, Fat Face, Sole Trader, H&M, Lab Sport, Rox, Ollie and Nic, Azendi, Barrhead Travel, TK Max, Marks and Spencer Food Shop and Costa Coffee.

There is a disabled toilet on the ground floor.

Union Square Shopping Centre

Shops, restaurant and facilities on the first floor of Union Square Aberdeen are: Jurys Inn, Tinderbox espresso bar, Yo! Sushi, Frankie and Benny's, Pizza Hut (opening March 2010), Nando's, Ark Italian restaurant, Exquisite Designs, Urban Kids, Steak and Grill, Handmade Burger Co, Chiquito, Cineworld Cinema, toilets, baby changing rooms, disabled toilet and an area for public phones and cash machines soon to be build. Otherwise the nearest cash point is by the car park entrance to the railway station.

Opening Times Union Square

The opening times of Union Square Aberdeen are:

Shop - Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm, Saturday 9am to 7pm, Sunday and Bank Holidays 11am to 5pm.

Dining - Monday to Sunday 11am to 11pm

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Car Parking

At the time of this Union Square Aberdeen review car parking costs were £1 an hour or part of an hour up to 7 hours and then £15 thereafter. After 6pm the car park costs £1. The re are 1700 car parking spaces with many disabled parking bays. The car park is outside on ground level and also on multi storey.

The Union Square developer company is Hammerson and the scheme was first discussed by Aberdeen City Council Councillors in March 2000. Union Square Aberdeen Shopping Centre is being built at an estimated cost of £250 million.

Union Square Aberdeen Shopping Centre should be opened by Autumn 2009.

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Union Square Aberdeen opened on Thursday 29 October 2009 at noon. It was officially opened by David Atkins the chief executive of Hammerson. Dancers performed in the main atrium and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers performed. Over 10,000 people visit the shops within the first hour and by 8pm this rose to 58,500. On the first Saturday of opening there were 72,000 shoppers within five hours and this rose to 112,00 by midday. The restaurants say a brisk trade. For example Yo Sushi! served over 3000 customers in the first 3 days of trading and cooked over 12,000 plates of sushi.

The voices for the adverts on STV when Union Square shopping centre opened were provided by Aberdonian actress Amy Lennox.

To celebrate the opening of Union Square in Aberdeen on Thursday the 30 October 2009 many shops offered free things and special offers. For example TK Maxx offered a free goody bag to their first 500 customers.

The Cineworld cinema complex at Union Square in Aberdeen opened on Friday the 30 October 2009. There are ten digital screens, food shops and a bar at this Cineworld with the ability to show 3D films.

Aberdeen Car Valeting

The easiest Aberdeen Car Valeting can be found at Union Square Aberdeen shopping centre on level two of the multi storey car park. This Aberdeen Car Valeting service uses auto glym products and there is a free air freshener with every auto valet. A car wash starts from £5-95, valets from £11-95 and car waxes from £5-95. For more information about this Aberdeen car valet service please visit the AA Autovalet website aberdeencarvalet.com for prices, opening times and how to book an Aberdeen car valet.

Union Square Aberdeen development is being built on the old Guild Street railway station site that was used as a freight yard. The land also housed an old warehouse.

Once built the Union Square Aberdeen shopping centre will become the second largest shopping centre in Scotland. The Union Square Aberdeen Shopping Centre will have a nine storey 203 bedroom hotel which is hoped to solve some of the hotel accommodation shortages in Aberdeen especially during busy periods such as oil conferences.

Other buildings in the Union Square Aberdeen development includes a ten screen Cineworld cinema and a wide range of retailers centred around a civic square. Anticipated shops and stores include Marks & Spencer, Next, Clarks, New Look and H&M. A new transport hub will be located at Union Square Aberdeen Shopping Centre. The Union Square Aberdeen Shopping Centre multi storey car park will have 1253 spaces.

The Union Square shopping centre has 700,000 square feet of retail space.

Guild Square

Though the developers, Hammerson, want to call the shopping centre Union Square, Aberdeen City Council want the Guild Street development named Guild Square to avoid any confusion with it being off Union Street. The Aberdeen Councillors gave the Guild Street development the postal address of Guild Square in June 2008. The name Guild Square comes in honour of Doctor William Guild who was a former Principal of King's College, Aberdeen.

In June 2008 it was announced that the hotel operating in Union Square would be run by Jurys Inns. It will be an eight storey hotel on Guild Street with a restaurant, public bar, cafe and conference facilities.

Other restaurants for Union Square could include Nando's and the Italian restaurant Ask that specialises in pasta and pizza combination meals. It is also thought that Mexican restaurant Chiquitos and American and Italian diner Frankie and Benny's may expand from the Beach to Union Square shopping centre in Aberdeen city.

The official Union Square Aberdeen website is www.unionsquareaberdeen.com and is still under construction.

Hammerson, the developers of Union Square Aberdeen, donated rail tracks from the site which was a former tram and train depot and goods yard to the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society in 2008. This is put to use in the restoration of the Banchory to Crathes line.

Jobs Union Square

Jobs in Union Square were given a boost in 2009 when the developer, Hammerson, announced that they will be working with the Jobs For U programme and training scheme which helps to train people for the hospitality trade so that people can work in hotels, bars, restaurants, shops and gyms.

The Union Square shopping centre in Aberdeen brings many first shops to the area and even to Scotland. For example the Handmade Burger Co is the first to open in Scotland at Union Square bringing new jobs to the area as well as some delicious burgers.