HUB and Bridges Fund Management have received planning permission from Edinburgh City Council to develop a 205-home build-to-rent development on Beaverhall Road, Edinburgh.
The development will include 52 affordable homes, creative workspace and a publicly accessible courtyard. It will replace an existing warehouse while maintaining the site’s status as a focal point for the resident creative community, and deliver 45% more creative workspace than the current building.
The scheme was designed by architects Shedkm in close collaboration with the local community and current businesses with the ground floor creative workspace co-designed by existing tenants, many of whom plan to move into the new development.
Tom Valente, development manager at HUB, said: “Our plans for Beaverhall will maintain the site’s status as a hive of creativity by placing studios and maker spaces at the heart of the development, alongside high quality, sustainable homes for local people.
“What we are doing here demonstrates the potential to create lively mixed-use communities on urban brownfield sites, and this is a model that we want to champion both in Edinburgh and elsewhere across the UK.”
Simon Ringer, partner and head of property at Bridges, said: “[The jv] places people and the planet central to the design and planning of all our new developments. By building high quality, sustainable, lower cost housing, coupled with enticing public spaces that reflect the needs of local people, we can create highly attractive developments that really deliver for the local community.”
He added: “Beaverhall will be a perfect example of this. We are particularly delighted that we’ve also been able to reflect the site’s heritage as a creative hub in the design. We can’t wait to see it come to life in the months ahead.”
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