Today (November 30th 2015) saw an amazing Announcement made of a £200 Million investment by Jansons Property, an investor and developer, in conjunction with the Crichton Trust, To transform the town of Dumfries for years to come.
The plans include a Purpose built university campus, a museum and Two new Grandstands for the Queen of The South football teams home ground at Palmerston.
The investment, will be used to deliver a range of projects within the Region with the aim of providing enduring public and community benefit, by Jansons Property, who work in partnership with the William Pears Group.
These will include:-
• a purpose-built campus for the University of the West of Scotland
a research and innovation centre for Dumfries.
• a museum to display artefacts from the Hunterian Museum, the Crichton Archives and the Dumfries and Galloway collection.
250 purpose-built student residences.
• a home for the National Centre for Resilience which will drive research into climatic, environmental events and emergency responses.
• the Let’s Get Sporty facility on the Crichton Estate which aims to develop young people by providing mentoring and employability skills while delivering localised community sporting activity
• two new grandstands and a business park at Queen of the South’s Palmerston Park.
The Crichton site was bought by Dumfries and Galloway Council in 1995.
