AN Aberdeen restauranteur has secured £70,000 in funding to convert a former fast food unit on the city’s Union Street into a new deli, wine bar, and restaurant.
The funding is the first enhanced grant under Aberdeen City Council’s Union Street Empty Shops Scheme, which funds projects to help bring larger and long-term vacant city centre units back into use.
Following the review panel meeting on 6 July, Mezzo Aberdeen Ltd, led by local restaurateur Kevin Dalgleish, secured the funding. The local authority said the proposal is expected to create up to 23 jobs and provide seven-day activity from daytime into the evening.
Councillor Alex McLellan, convener of the finance and resources committee at Aberdeen City Council, said, “I am delighted Aberdeen City Council has awarded the first application for the enhanced Empty Shops Grant. This additional funding will support more businesses occupy vacant units, create new job opportunities and support the continued regeneration of our city centre.”
Kevin Dalgleish, owner of Mezzo Aberdeen Ltd, added, “Thanks to the Trinity Centre and Aberdeen City Council, a unit that had been lying empty is reopening with one of the most spectacular views in Aberdeen — over the refurbished gardens and along Union Street. We’re proud to be the first through the door on this.”
