HOMEBASE has officially scrapped expensive plans to turn an empty Aberdeen gym into a new store, according to reports this morning.
The DIY giant recently unveiled popular proposals to convert DW Fitness at the Beach Boulevard into a new branch.
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The gym closed when CV19 struck in March 2020, and the company collapsed just a few months later.
The P&J reports today that papers lodged with the local authority confirm the £850,000 works are being dropped.
A spokeswoman for Homebase told the newspaper that, after “further consideration”, the firm decided the location “wasn’t quite right for them”.
Homebase bosses had estimated the revamp, which would include a garden centre to the rear, would cost about £850,000.
The closest Homebase to Aberdeen is in Inverurie, while the other seven Scottish branches are in the Central Belt.
The company left Aberdeen shoppers disappointed when it closed its Bridge of Don branch in August 2018.
