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Latest Development to Transform City Centre Living

Work is under way on an impressive new development in Edinburgh known as ‘Springside’. Backed by Sir Sean Connery, the eight-acre site will be the largest city centre development the capital has seen in 150 years.  Situated a mere 15 minute walk from Edinburgh Castle in the site previously occupied by the McEwans brewery, the £200m venture will transform the area of Fountainbridge which is currently populated by tenement blocks.

The project is expected for completion in 2013 by which time, there will be 650 new homes consisting of five and six storey terraces and blocks running along tree-lined boulevards. The plan includes a public park and central courtyards designed to draw people into Springside to ensure it does not become isolated from the rest of the city. There will also be 140,000 square feet of office space, an artisan workshop, supermarket, shops and underground car park.

Unlike the majority of recent new build developments in Edinburgh, Springside will be a mixture of sizes and styles ranging from studio flats to three bedroom duplex family homes with gardens. Although work has begun, the first homes are not anticipated to be released for sale until early 2010.

Sir Sean Connery who spent the first eight years of his life living in the area has given the development his blessing; “I am pleased that now, at last, the walls are coming down and the area will be opened up to be part of the city. I hope that the better housing and open spaces vastly improve the general quality of life there – and give the surrounding community, and the rest of the city, a local neighbourhood it deserves and can be proud of.”

Source:  www.springside.co.uk & www.timesonline.co.uk