Wednesday, May 31, 2023
BUREDI Cheers Brewery Site Development
BUREDI a joint venture between The Burrell Company and EDI Group has today obtained planning permission for a £70 million canal-side development in Edinburgh's Fountainbridge.
The scheme will see nearly 200 new homes built on the canal side site, centred around new city street: a tree-lined pedestrian boulevard called Freer Street.
Work is expected to start on site at the end of 2006 with the first units being released for sale in early 2008. The plan combines 71,500 sq ft of canal-side office space with two and three-bedroom apartments, duplexes, penthouses and family-style townhouses.
The proposals will deliver environmental and landscaping benefits for the former industrial site. These include new pedestrian and cycle routes, a public courtyard garden, an innovative mix of family and city-style homes and underground car parking for 120 vehicles.
BUREDI's Freer Street blueprint also includes a new footbridge over the Union Canal, establishing a major new pedestrian link between residential areas to the south and the city's booming financial Exchange District. BUREDI will work with British Waterways to realise the plans for the footbridge.
The scheme has been drawn up for BUREDI by Allan Murray Architects, whose masterplan for the area led to the Council's implementation plan for the entire Fountainbridge area. Allan Murray Architects has previously worked with BUREDI on its award-winning Coalhill and Tron Nursery developments.
Freer Street is part of a larger city changing project to regenerate the Fountainbridge area and will complement further schemes by other developers, including phase two of Edinburgh Quay, in line with the Council's Development Brief for the area.
The scheme has been drawn up for BUREDI by Allan Murray Architects (AMA), the master-planner for the entire Fountainbridge area, the city's largest regeneration site. AMA has previously worked with BUREDI on its award-winning Cowgate Under 5s Centre and Coalhill developments.
Speaking on behalf of BUREDI, John Mark Di Ciacca, Head of Property and Development at EDI, said: "We're looking forward to breathing new life into an area of the city that is so well located, immediately next to the commercial and transport hubs of the Exchange District and the Haymarket. Freer Street promises to be a vibrant new city quarter, that will see this former industrial area regenerated and returned to public use."
Andrew Burrell, Managing Director of The Burrell Company, said: "This former industrial site has been ripe for development for a number years. It is a superb location, offering easy access in and out of the city, and the redevelopment of the wider district will make it an extremely attractive area to people who would like a city-centre home."
The scheme will see nearly 200 new homes built on the canal side site, centred around new city street: a tree-lined pedestrian boulevard called Freer Street.
Work is expected to start on site at the end of 2006 with the first units being released for sale in early 2008. The plan combines 71,500 sq ft of canal-side office space with two and three-bedroom apartments, duplexes, penthouses and family-style townhouses.
The proposals will deliver environmental and landscaping benefits for the former industrial site. These include new pedestrian and cycle routes, a public courtyard garden, an innovative mix of family and city-style homes and underground car parking for 120 vehicles.
BUREDI's Freer Street blueprint also includes a new footbridge over the Union Canal, establishing a major new pedestrian link between residential areas to the south and the city's booming financial Exchange District. BUREDI will work with British Waterways to realise the plans for the footbridge.
The scheme has been drawn up for BUREDI by Allan Murray Architects, whose masterplan for the area led to the Council's implementation plan for the entire Fountainbridge area. Allan Murray Architects has previously worked with BUREDI on its award-winning Coalhill and Tron Nursery developments.
Freer Street is part of a larger city changing project to regenerate the Fountainbridge area and will complement further schemes by other developers, including phase two of Edinburgh Quay, in line with the Council's Development Brief for the area.
The scheme has been drawn up for BUREDI by Allan Murray Architects (AMA), the master-planner for the entire Fountainbridge area, the city's largest regeneration site. AMA has previously worked with BUREDI on its award-winning Cowgate Under 5s Centre and Coalhill developments.
Speaking on behalf of BUREDI, John Mark Di Ciacca, Head of Property and Development at EDI, said: "We're looking forward to breathing new life into an area of the city that is so well located, immediately next to the commercial and transport hubs of the Exchange District and the Haymarket. Freer Street promises to be a vibrant new city quarter, that will see this former industrial area regenerated and returned to public use."
Andrew Burrell, Managing Director of The Burrell Company, said: "This former industrial site has been ripe for development for a number years. It is a superb location, offering easy access in and out of the city, and the redevelopment of the wider district will make it an extremely attractive area to people who would like a city-centre home."
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