THE bidding process to appoint a development partner for the former Fountain Brewery site in the Scottish capital has been launched.
The City of Edinburgh Council said the regeneration of the Fountainbridge neighbourhood has taken a major step forward with the move.
Plans include a tech incubator, social enterprises, homes and restaurants.
READ MORE: First owners move into Edinburgh's 'most sought after’ apartments
The site is the land between Fountainbridge and the Union Canal previously known as India Quay, and is adjacent to the New Fountainbridge site being developed by Vastint Hospitality.
The council has published a contract notice seeking expressions of interest from potential developers.
The responses will be used to draw up a shortlist, with the council hoping to have a development partner in place by the summer.
READ MORE: Homes plan for former Edinburgh blind school gets go-ahead
The redevelopment involves three hectares of canalside brownfield and includes over 400 new homes - 177 affordable - and a 10,000 sqm office building aimed at growing technology companies.
Kate Campbell, housing convener, said: “This next phase will see hundreds of new homes being built and around 40% of them will be affordable. “
She added: “We’re also looking at a low or zero carbon energy solution for the site which is vital to our commitment to reach net zero carbon by 2030.”
Work could begin in spring 2021.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here