UK: The former Aberdeen Cyrenians building on Aberdeen’s Crown Street is to be converted in to serviced apartments.
The early 19th Century building started off as a tenement before becoming a care home, B&B and latterly a homeless centre.
Developers say the apartments will “improve hotel choice” and bring more visitors into Aberdeen’s “cultural, entertainment, retail and commercial amenities”.
A statement included with the application from CS Architecture said: “The client submits this application to change the use of existing main building from class 1 (Hotels) to class Sui generis Self-Serviced Apartments with general internal refurbishment including adaptation existing layout to create sufficient accommodation space and access for customers with disabilities. Also, the proposal incorporates compulsory demolition of around 3.3m of existing outbuilding and rear enclosure due to hazardous condition of mentioned structures (structural timber rot and decay and weathered rear enclosure’s wall due to neglected premises’ maintenance over the last years of use).
“To overcome the created open void proposal includes minor development within rear enclosure as to create two parking spaces, one for customers with disabilities due to main building adaptation for users with disabilities and second for electric cars with charging point to satisfy Local Development Plan Policy T3: Sustainable and Active Travel. This also incorporates cycle store spaces available on site within safely locked outbuilding,” it added.
