Marischal Square

The area in which the development is situated had undergone significant changes over the past two decades. At the close of the 2003/04 academic year, the University of Aberdeen removed the Students' Association from its former building on 2-4 Upperkirkgate on the corner of Broad Street. This was in light of the decline in use of Marischal College as a teaching facility for medicine, with only a few areas remaining in use for other purposes. Public university use of Marischal College finally ceased completely in 2008 in preparation for Aberdeen City Council's renovation and use of the building. This carried implications for the commercial viability of the local area: Despite the presence of…

The two office buildings, named 1 and 2 Marischal Square respectively, contain ground-floor receptions operated by the landlord. 1 Marischal Square is the larger of the two, with a net floor space of 122,174 sq ft (11,350 sq m) and 164 underground parking spaces. By comparison, 2 Marischal Square has 54,677 sq ft (5,095 sq m) of floor space, and 78 underground parking spaces. Besides the two office buildings, the site contains the Aberdeen Residence Inn by Marriott hotel. This corners the Provost Skene's House museum, with a large public green space separating the two. In addition, there are a number of gastronomic outlets including All Bar One, Costa Coffee, Mackie's of Scotland and Tony…

, is featured within the development]] The first shop in the square, Mackie's ice cream parlour, opened in December 2017. A steel sculpture of a leopard, designed by Andy Scott, is the central feature of the atrium within the development. Weighing more than two tonnes and five metres high, it is mounted on top of a ten-metre pole. The figure, titled Poised, took more than a year to be completed and is Scott's first sculpture in the north east. Details of heads of terms with building tenants were released by Aberdeen City Council in March 2021, showing that lease incentives totalling £4.49 million had been granted to tenants.