Dundee’s City Arcade, once a bustling and much-loved shopping destination, could be recreated in the Waterfront project.
It is hoped office space at the Caird Hall will once again become a retail space.
Disused offices, located on Shore Terrace at the back of the hall, will be converted in a bid to return the area to its former glory.
The plans would see the site transformed to offer four separate units.
If approved, the proposal, which has been put forward by Dundee City Council, will see the current aluminium doors make way for replica timber storm doors a throwback to the original building design.
When first built, both the ground and first floor of the Caird Hall were used as retail units.
This was a stipulation put in place by Sir James Caird the original funder of the project who believed that retail spaces would be essential to offset the cost of running the hall.
He gifted the building to Dundee Burgh Council a precursor to Dundee City Council.
The ground floor was later used as the City Arcade from the 1930s.
In 1981, the City Arcade closed, having gone into decline when the bus stance was removed to make way for the construction of Tayside House.
It was then used as the main council housing office until the move to Dundee House.
City development convener Will Dawson said he thinks that the change would be “ideal” for the area.
He said: “It is ideally situated with it looking out over the green space with a good view of the river and the water.
“You might even be able to catch a glimpse of the V&A.
“I would like to see some good quality restaurants move in but there could be a caf too.
“There’s a lot that can be done in that particular area and this idea is ideal to me I would tell everyone to watch this space.”