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Cowgate rising from the ashes

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / May 22

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A new hotel, arts centre, homes and offices are all planned for the Cowgate fire site, which is being touted as the home for a new cultural quarter in the Edinburgh. A major new concert hall, gallery, cinema or theatre are all being put forward as possible tenants for the Ł60m development, which is to be called SoCo. A planning application for the site is likely to be submitted within months and it is hoped work on the scheme could be complete in the next four years. An entrance to the modern 140-bed hotel would be created on South Bridge, and Edinburgh-based developer Whiteburn intends its plans to trigger a major regeneration of the street.

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