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Boost for Aberdeen as Bon Accord Centre cinema plans are approved
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Updated: June 3, 2021, 5:04 pm
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Bosses believe a charity-link up could be key to helping the “battered” Bon Accord Centre bounce back from some crushing shop closures.
The shopping centre has lost lost the likes of John Lewis, Dorothy Perkins, Top Shop and the Disney store during lockdown.
Now bosses have teamed with north-east children’s charity Charlie House to open up a new indoor market for about 30 independent traders – and they hope the diverse offering will boost footfall.
John Lewis building and Bon Accord Centre to be included in £150m Aberdeen city centre masterplan
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The soon-to-be-closed John Lewis building, depleted Bon Accord Centre and the wider George Street area will be included in a multi-million-pound refresh of the Aberdeen city centre masterplan, it has been confirmed.
Rubbished at the time as being “fag packet” plans, council officers have now confirmed the revised proposals will include Norco House – currently occupied by John Lewis – and the Bon Accord shopping precinct.
More detail will be laid out to councillors at a meeting of the city growth committee next month.