Balmedie

There's money for a European offshore wind centre, and talk of a green-manufacturing hub in the old oil platform-building site of Nigg on the Cromarty Firth – but the most noteworthy recent local development is Donald Trump's £1bn golf course at Balmedie.

Can Scotland pay its own way? 2011

For the past 17 years, Forbes has been working at a quarry in nearby Balmedie.

The Thistle and the Bee Shoumatoff, Alex 2008

The real estate billionaire who prizes his Scottish pedigree (his mother is from Stornoway in the Hebrides) is filing for planning permission this week to build the £1 billion ($1.9 billion) development on land at Menie House, Balmedie.

Trump Seeks Permission For Highland Fling 2006

Part of that promotion: The Trump Entertainment Resorts icon will put his name and vociferousness behind a 300 million pound $546.8 million golf resort for the district of Aberdeenshire, on the sprawling Menie Estate at Balmedie.

Scots Deny Changing Wind Farm Plans To Please Trump 2006

A scheme to make the busy A90 between Balmedie and Tipperty in Aberdeenshire a dual carriageway is to proceed, the Scottish government has announced.

BBC News - Home 2011

A Transport Scotland spokesperson said: "Assuming a successful outcome to the appeal, the cost estimates for both this scheme and the A90 Balmedie to Tipperty scheme will be reviewed and updated prior to the commencement of the formal procurement process."

BBC News - Home 2011

The 65-year-old Trump identified the coastal site at Balmedie, north of Aberdeen, as a potential 750 million-pound $1.15 billion golf resort in 2005 and battled for five years to gain consent to build two courses, a 450-bed five-star hotel, 500 homes and 950 short-term rental apartments.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

The development, on the Menie Estate, near Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, was approved by ministers last year after local councillors had originally refused to grant planning permission. advertisement

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The billion-pound ($1.8 billion) coastal resort in Balmedie, near Aberdeen in north-east Scotland, will feature two golf courses, a hotel and around 1000 holiday homes.

NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2009

He says he doesn't want to sound like he's "talking out of his arse" but he wants people to know that the championship course at Balmedie could be the greatest of them all.

The Seattle Times 2009