HALO Urban Regeneration

HALO Urban Regeneration (Scottish Gaelic: HALO Ath-nuadhachadh Bailteil), known simply as The HALO, is a Scottish business innovation park, urban regeneration and business start-up support company, founded, based and headquartered in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The HALO Urban Regeneration was founded by entrepreneur Marie Macklin CBE in 2006 as HALO Urban Regeneration Company Ltd., having announced the project a few years prior to official funding and creation of the HALO Kilmarnock.

The HALO building on Hill Street, Kilmarnock, is a £63 million brownfield urban regeneration project constructed on a 23-acre site, formerly the home of Johnnie Walker, the world’s leading Scotch whisky brand that was founded in Kilmarnock in 1820 and operated on the site until Diageo closed the Kilmarnock plant in 2012. The building, a 4-storey mixed used structure, is constructed from three main materials - dark brick, curtain wall glazing and a perforated aluminium screen at roof level, features a round LED dome on the roof which illuminates at nighttime. Phase 1 of the complex was completed in July 2021 (the HALO Enterprise & Innovation Hub), with future phases of the sites development consisting of a series of live and work units, a leisure facility, nursery, and over 200 houses. The building has become a symbol of regeneration in Kilmarnock, both in terms of redevelopment of land as well as economic regeneration and recovery.

HALO is projected to generate £205 million to the Economy of Scotland and stimulate 1,500 jobs.