Flats, offices and retail units could bring 900 jobs to city centre site

Plans to turn a prominent city centre site into offices, flats, and retail spaces have been submitted to Dundee City Council.

Property development company Cruclible (Dundee) Ltd has lodged an application for an office, residential and retail project across two buildings on land at Greenmarket, at the corner of Marketgait in Dundee. The land lies to the rear of the former record shop Groucho’s.

The application by Savills, on behalf of Crucible, would see an office block of more than five storeys constructed for a “key national employer”.

The development would include 16 apartments as well as four units for retail or food venue purposes.

The application states: “The proposed development will include office accommodation and an element of either retail and/or restaurant/ cafe at ground-floor level in the four separate units proposed.”

The flats would comprise 15 two-bedroom properties with a single one-bedroom home also part of the plans. The apartments would be built over four levels.

While they would be constructed as separate buildings, the frontage of the two buildings would be linked, planners say.

The statement claims the completed development would create up to 900 jobs.

Planning documents say: “The delivery of a new purpose-built HQ building supports the long-term vision for employment at the site.

“In return, this will provide higher quality and more sustainable workspaces for a key national employer within the local authority and beyond.

“Due to commercial sensitivities, the proposed office occupier cannot yet be named.

“However, the applicant intends to make this known once final contracts have been completed.”

The development “seeks to deliver a market-facing and vibrant, mixed-use proposal which creates new employment and residential opportunities,” according to the planning statement.

It continues: “The residential apartments provide 16 new homes over four levels, with half of the apartments dual aspect.

“All apartment layouts have been designed as open-plan to allow for ease of movement, flexibility and maximised habitable space.

“The four commercial ground floor uses will provide a continuous active frontage on West Marketgait.”

Car parking and cycle storage are included in the plans, with 70 spaces to be built with barriercontrolled entry.

Six applications dating as far back as 2000 had proposed to turn the Dundee site into various developments, including one which envisaged a 104-room hotel, offices and a separate public bar.

“The residential apartments provide 16 new homes over four levels

SHAPING UP: An artist’s impression shows how the development across two buildings in the Greenmarket area of Dundee could look.