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College unveils plans for £265m transformation

BDP An artist's impression of the proposed new Dundee and Angus College building, a four-story red building with glass panelling across three stories. The building is to the right of a street with other buildings and people walking in a pedestrianised area.BDP
The Dundee Kingsway campus would relocate to the site of the Wellgate Centre

Dundee and Angus College has unveiled plans for a £265m redevelopment - which could include some significant relocations.

The college is exploring moving its Dundee campus to a new facility at the city's Wellgate Shopping Centre and moving its Arbroath campus into the town centre - possibly at the Abbeygate Shopping Centre.

This would involve closing the college's existing Kingsway campus in Dundee and its campus in Arbroath.

The college said its third campus at Gardyne in Dundee would be expanded and developed to include a green skills and innovation hub.

BDP An artist's impression of the proposed new Dundee and Angus College building in Arbroath. Two long, large buildings with a multi-level green space between the two buildingsBDP
The college is also considering moving its Arbroath campus into the town centre

The college said the final funding package was still to be agreed, but it had "begun talks on a range of options."

It said the move would bring education, employability services and support together under one roof for "the first time in Scotland."

Dundee and Angus College principal Simon Hewitt said the plan was "an amazing opportunity to build world-class facilities that are fit for the future."

He said: "If we were to develop a new campus on the site of the Wellgate Shopping Centre it would put the college at the heart of Dundee's regeneration and breathe much-needed new life into the city centre."

Dundee & Angus College A large six-storey building set behind a paved walkway and a car parkDundee & Angus College
The college's existing Kingsway campus would close under the new plans

The Wellgate Centre said it had been exploring "sustainable repurposing options" for some time, beyond its current retail use.

A spokesperson said: "The prospect of establishing a city centre college campus delivering learning, employment services and support is hugely exciting.

"We continue to work with the council and the college to try to make this vision a reality."