First glimpse of new £50m business park

developer confirms plans for Mid Stocket Road site of former school

THE first images of a new £50million business park planned for the site of a former Aberdeen residential school can be revealed today.

City-based developer Carlton Rock has confirmed plans for an office development on the Mid Stocket Road site of the former Oakbank School will be lodged with the local authority next month.

The firm’s plans for a business park, revealed by the Press and Journal in January, could see the site become the new base for up to 1,500 workers.

Two potential tenants have registered an interest in making the space their new home, at least one of which is understood to be moving to the city for the first time.

A spokesman for Carlton Rock unveiled details of the proposals for the first time last night. “Following press speculation Carlton Rock can confirm that a planning application will be lodged with Aberdeen City Council before the end of April for top-quality office space,” he said.

“This will be a £50million development to accommodate up to 1,500 people.

“Aberdeen really needs this grade-A standard office space and we can confirm that Carlton Rock is in discussion with two potential tenants.

This is really exciting news for the city and shows that Aberdeen is bucking the economic trend.”

Award-winning architects Keppie Design has been hired to come up with the plans for the new business park.

Carlton Rock bought the Oakbank School site last year in an £8million deal, which became the centre of a row involving five city councillors on Oakbank’s board of governors after the P&J revealed offers of up to £11million were on the table.

Included in the deal was a site at East Middlefield, near Kingswells, where the board has applied for planning permission to build a new, smaller school for youngsters with behavioural problems.

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