“These are people who didn’t have jobs before,” he says. “They are students, stay-at-home moms, people who love shopping.” He provides them some income. Reffkin isn’t buying it. “It is socially unsustainable,” he says, shaking his head. Reffkin may be an unlikely person to ...
Originally a Gent’s Outfitters, this deco-gem was topped off with the Nags Head Hotel. This grade II listed pub is now in retail use, though Vision Value, are it seems, on the move. Lost pubs project. Of course, every town had a Burton’s –the tailor of taste. This post war in...
Further along, in the old Watt & Grant building, one of a clutch of gents’ outfitters, G*Raw, is having a closing-down sale, advertising 70% off. Aberdeen City Council has reluctantly granted planning permission for change of use to a bar/restaurant. The long-established Austin Reed premi...