The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen is to sell part of its Schoolhill campus to the Malmaison Hotel du Vin Group who are understood to have plans for a 200-bedroom hotel development on what is a prime city-centre site. Whether the new scheme will be a Malmaison or Hotel de Vin is not known.

The properties include the university’s 85,000sq-ft Clarke Building and 16,000sq-ft student union premises next to Aberdeen Art Gallery.

There are 13 Malmaison in the UK including one in Queen’s Road in Aberdeen. The group has 15 Hotel de Vin properties nationwide.

Last summer Robert Gordon University sold its St Andrew’s Street Building to the Canadian-based Sandman Group. They are planning a £20million, 220-bedroom hotel with a restaurant and conference facilities.

Details: www.rgu.ac.uk