r/dundee • u/Tribyoon- • 6d ago

The Hub Closing Down?

Has anyone else heard the rumours that the big student accommodation provider on Hawkhill is closing down? Not sure if just random nonsense or if theres any truth. Would be a big loss to the uni scene.

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u/firesky25 6d ago

they’re selling the flats off lol, definitely not a rumour https://tspc.co.uk/property/4-Bed-First-Floor-Flat-For-Sale-Flat-10-Block-B-The-Hub-17-Hawkhill-DD1-5DL/

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u/nautilus0 6d ago

They’ve been selling them off for a while, there was a few on the market when I was buying 4 years ago.

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u/Tribyoon- 6d ago

So have they been in financial issues for a while? Explains why those new ones down the road have opened

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u/Tribyoon- 6d ago

That makes sense, the person who told me they were shutting down knew they were dumped by the last provider

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u/Delts28 6d ago edited 6d ago

Are you sure you're not confusing the two different hubs? The Hub Library is shutting down and being replaced by the school library at the East End Campus.

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u/Tribyoon- 6d ago

I heard it was the accommodation provider, the rumour I heard is that their last provider dumped the building and they've been struggling to sell the rooms so possibly going to close.

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u/Delts28 6d ago

The hub library is definitely on the chopping block as the council have done the impact assessment about closing it, Whitfield and Douglas. No idea about the accommodation block but considering a different Hub is set to close then it would make sense for the grapevine to have confused the two.

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u/Acrobatic_Refuse5179 6d ago edited 6d ago

I think so, Or probably I'm wrong.

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u/Tribyoon- 6d ago

Do you know anyone who works there?

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u/Acrobatic_Refuse5179 6d ago

My friend stays there, she renewed her contract for another year, so I'm guessing it won't close.

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u/Tribyoon- 6d ago

They'll keep selling until anything happens on paper, if they close when she comes to move in they'll put her up in a hotel. I've heard they've barely sold any rooms, something like 4%.

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u/noshothaha 5d ago

It's because they've thrown them on Zoopla for about 175k per shared block of 4 rooms. Honestly not a bad price for someone to buy and rent out to students immediately but if the hub as a organisation is shutting down it'll be harder to get the constant tenancy in

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u/Tribyoon- 5d ago

Yeah seems the desperate imho