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Housing and retail plan approved for Inverness city centre

Source: https://www.scottishconstructionnow.com/category/news

Inverness city centre is set to receive an affordable housing boost after plans to redevelop the former Arnotts building in Union Street were given the green light.The long-empty B-listed store, which was also a House of Fraser, will be turned into a mix of two and three-bed apartments with retail space on the ground floor.Properties at 33-41 Baron Taylor’s Street will also be redesigned with shopfronts facing onto the street offering opportunities for new bars, cafés and restaurants.Edinburgh-based developer Swilken Estates expressed its delight at the approval.