
image for illustration: Aberdeen Harbour, Victoria Dock by David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Poundland has spent six years renovating its latest branch which opens this weekend – and it will include two firsts for the discount chain, reports Aberdeen Live News.
Aberdeen Live News writes:
… For not only is it the first branch owned outright by the discount firm but it also comes with four new homes for sale. The Elgin High Street branch has undergone a six-year refurbishment to make the heritage building ready to open. The work included creating four flats…
Poundland bought the shop in 2019… which began life in 1856 as the first Royal Bank of Scotland Elgin Branch…
Elgin’s new store in Elgin will be managed by Gerry McAloon who was manager in the same building when it was a Woolworths store…
The restoration of the building has been made possible by the partnership of LDN Architects llp… and the support of Moray Council.