Leisure park to open on site of former Hilltown indoor market

Plans for the Hilltown indoor market replacement have been submitted to Dundee City Council.

Dundee architects Brunton Design have submitted the plans for Hilltown Leisure Park, detailing how it will sit among older buildings in the surrounding area.

They have been submitted on behalf of property development firm Sigma Property, based in Northern Ireland.

The plans show the park will be finished in metal sheeting, with some parts of the building coated with a graffiti-resistant layer.

Just short of 250 parking spaces will be available on the site, accessed from Main Street and running alongside Isla Street.

It is expected to feature 10-pin bowling, a children’s play gym, indoor golf and amusements.

New renders of the proposed park also confirm it will be branded Hilltown Park.

A Brunton Design spokesman said: “We have been appointed to design a leisure park in Dundee. The site has an existing facility on it that will make way for this exciting new 5,000 square metre version.

“It is a significant financial investment in the city.”

Site owner John Gibson has said the location is “ideal” for a new development of this kind.

The Hilltown market and adjacent Fit4less gym were destroyed by a fire on September 12 last year.

More than 60 firefighters from around Tayside were deployed to tackle the blaze.

The market had been due to reopen following an 18-month closure.

It was demolished in March, having been deemed unsalvageable.