Plans to create a new restaurant and cinema development in Aberdeen city centre have been submitted to the Council, it has been confirmed.

The plans for the multi-million pound initiative would see the Bon Accord & St Nicholas shopping centres expand. As many as 300 jobs cold be created by the development, which would include a 28,000 sq ft cinema complex with seven screens. Seven new restaurants would also be built.

The design plans also include the creation of a new entrance from Upperkirkgate at Drum's Lane and would lead to an external courtyard on the site, providing access to the upper level of the mall where the new development would be located. If the proposals are given the go ahead, it is hoped the restaurant phase could be completed by autumn 2015, with the cinema complex finished in early 2016.


Craig Stevenson, Bon Accord & St Nicholas centre manager, is quoted as saying: "We are incredibly enthusiastic about these plans, which have the potential to bring substantial economic benefits to Aberdeen through the construction phase and then when complete.

"As well as our own significant financial commitment to the construction, there will be additional investment by operators in the individual units with very positive spin-offs to the economy in the north east."

(JP/MH)