The new owners of a 420,000 square feet shopping centre in Edinburgh's waterfront have appointed architects to take on its refurbishment.

London-based Resolution Property now owns the Ocean Terminal centre, and has appointed Keppie Design to co-ordinate all new project work and enhance the leisure experience there.

Richard MacDonald, director at Keppie Design, said: "Our clients are continually reinvesting in their assets and we are pleased to play a role to potentially increase revenue. At Ocean Terminal we are delighted to assist Resolution Property in its creative refurbishment of the centre and are sure the various projects will prove to be very popular with its customers."


Keppie Deisgn has previously worked on other shopping centres in Dundee, The Forge in Glasgow and McArthur Glen in Livingston.

Mr MacDonald added: "As the recession continues to bite, we are seeing a trend of refurbishing and remodelling existing centres. Many owners are choosing to improve and upgrade centres which has resulted in some fantastic instructions for us. We understand the retail industry and what it takes to make a shopping centre work so are using this knowledge to our advantage."

(NE)