September 10 2019

Moves to revitalise Aberdeen’s Union Street continue with new plans to convert under-utilised upper floors of retail premises to residential use.

Graeme Cheyne Properties and Cumming and Co have identified a C-listed property at 156 Union Street as being suitable for seven city centre flats via conversion of vacant storage and office space to provide a mix of two and three-bed apartments with the fourth-floor flat benefitting from a private balcony.

Existing concrete floors and stairwell will be retained as part of these works with upvc windows replaced with modern timber sash and case units. A slate roof and cupola will also be retained save for the introduction of dormer windows with a rear elevation to Diamond Lane also given a sympathetic treatment.

An accompanying design statement read: “The Diamond Lane elevation will have the later side infill extension removed and replaced with an ashlar wall tied-in to the existing granite wall. The original second floor windows will be unblocked and put back into their original use. The mansard roof next door will be replicated with a natural slate finish on top.”

Aberdeen City Council has designated Union Street as a Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS), a five-year initiative to return rundown buildings back to productive use by providing funding for the sensitive repair of heritage features.

2 Comments

#1 Posted by Oribi Edmund-Tam'nabo on 10 Sep 2019 at 18:07 PM

This is a fantastic opportunity for Aberdeen. There has been times when I wondered when this will become a thing.
This is great, as the need for accommodation grows so should more flats and housing.

#2 Posted by Fitz Hat on 11 Sep 2019 at 15:57 PM

This seems sensible. Not least because the upper floors of many buildings on Union Street aren't being maintained at the moment and are visibly in a parlous state.

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