Decision details

The Sub Committee had before it a report by the Director of Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure which advised of the current interest generated to date in the Bon Accord Indoor Bowling Centre.

The report recommended –

that the Sub Committee –

(a)       pending confirmation that F and C Reit wished to incorporate the Bon Accord  Indoor Bowling Centre and Skyline Restaurant within the Bon Accord Shopping Centre, instruct the Head of Asset Management and Operations to cease the ongoing marketing effort, for a period of nine months, from the date of this meeting;

(b)       agree that if such wish was confirmed, remit the Head of Asset Management and Operations to provisionally negotiate terms and conditions for the renunciation of the City Council’s lease of the Bon Accord Indoor Bowling Centre and Skyline Restaurant;

(c)        agree that if provisional agreement could be reached, remit the Head of Asset Management and Operations to report back on the details of the agreement to this Sub Committee, in order that the formal approval of such provisional agreement might be considered;

(d)       agree that in that event, remit the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to liaise with F and C Reit’s solicitors to agree the formal renunciation of the lease, on terms and conditions as were necessary to protect the City Council; and

(e)       agree that if F and C Reit indicated that they did not wish to make use of the premises, instruct the Head of Asset Management and Operations to resume the marketing effort and consider any options for the building’s future, reporting to Committee at that time of progress; Or

(f)         instruct the Head of Asset Management and Operations to continue the marketing effort and consider any options for the building’s future, reporting progress to the Sub Committee at a later date.

The Sub Committee resolved:-

to approve recommendations (a) to (e) contained in the report.