Robert Gordon University (RGU) has sold its St Andrews Street building in Aberdeen’s city center to Canadian hotel chain Sandman Hotel Group.
Sandman Hotel Group will transform RGU’s St Andrews Street building into a 4-Star premium hotel complex with 220 rooms, including 61 one-bedroom suites, a restaurant, and convention facilities.
Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, principal of RGU says, “The sale of St Andrews Street to Sandman Hotel Group will provide major benefits to the city as well as RGU. The capital received will allow us to continue with the development of our teaching and learning facilities, providing our students with an outstanding educational environment. In addition, the city will benefit from a new 4-Star hotel and a development which will help drive forward the regeneration of Aberdeen’s city center.”
RGU is currently in the process of building new facilities for the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment as part of the ongoing development of the university’s Riverside East building. The new facilities will complement the university’s existing buildings at the east end of the campus in terms of their innovative design and style. The campus will retain its park-like ambiance and provide a recreational setting for the benefit of staff, students, and the local community.
