Plans for gigantic Edinburgh village to replace former brewery site at Fountainbridge

Published date29 June 2022
AuthorSian Traynor
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Launching this week, the consultation will take on opinions over a huge residential village being built on the site of the former brewery next to the Union Canal

Plans were initially put in motion for the development back in 2016, with the council agreeing on a regeneration project that would see over 430 new homes constructed, as well as an extension to Boroughmuir High School. With work underway on the school extension, the focus has turned to just over the road, where the currently derelict field will see an unrecognisable transformation.

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Similar to other new builds in the area, the proposed apartment blocks would stand at seven or eight storeys high, with new commercial shops and smaller blocks also to feature in the complex.

Surrounding the former Printmakers building, each of the buildings is also set to be following an environmentally friendly guideline, with eco and rooftop gardens on most of the sites, offering private buys as well as some social housing.

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