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.

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 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.

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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.

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 restuarant, public bar, cafe and conference facilities.

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

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