{"id":41746,"date":"2024-12-24T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41746"},"modified":"2024-12-23T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T18:00:08","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-aberdeens-poundland-launches-historic-move-at-new-store-selling-homes-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41746","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Aberdeen\u2019s Poundland launches historic move at new store &#8211; selling homes to the public"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aberdeen_Harbour_Victoria_Dock_geograph.org_.uk_5926654_cropped_David_Dixon_commmons_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aberdeen_Harbour_Victoria_Dock_geograph.org_.uk_5926654_cropped_David_Dixon_commmons_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41747\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Aberdeen_Harbour,_Victoria_Dock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5926654_(cropped).jpg\">Aberdeen Harbour, Victoria Dock<\/a> by\u00a0David Dixon, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poundland has spent six years renovating its latest branch which opens this weekend &#8211; and it will include two firsts for the discount chain, reports <em>Aberdeen Live News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Aberdeen Live News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026&nbsp; 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&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poundland bought the shop in 2019\u2026 which began life in 1856 as the first Royal Bank of Scotland Elgin Branch\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elgin&#8217;s new store in Elgin will be managed by Gerry McAloon who was manager in the same building when it was a Woolworths store\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The restoration of the building has been made possible by the partnership of LDN Architects llp\u2026 and the support of Moray Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aberdeenlive.news\/news\/property\/poundland-launches-historic-move-new-9766134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Aberdeen Harbour, Victoria Dock by\u00a0David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Poundland has spent six years renovating its latest branch which opens this weekend &#8211; and it will include two firsts for the discount chain, reports &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41746\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,29,11,16,173],"class_list":["post-41746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-heritage","tag-housing","tag-planning","tag-retail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41748,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41746\/revisions\/41748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}