Blueprint revealed for massive new Aberdeen student housing complex
Plans for a massive new student housing scheme in an Aberdeen community have been officially lodged.
Property management company, Telereal Trillium, is aiming to build accommodation for 425 students at the former BT telephone engineering centre, situated at the city’s Froghall Terrace.
They also plan on building 80 new flats for residents and creating car parking. A planning application was put forward in 2004 proposing to build around 110 flats on the unused site, but it is understood that permission has now expired.
During consultation with the local community, residents raised concerns about the new development, in particular a lack of student parking space and possible flooding risk.
One resident even said she did not want to live beside a “student campus”.
Nigel Reid, Telereal Trillium’s senior development manager, said they had listened to the concerns and reduced the number of student units …