A new £200m city centre neighbourhood transformation is deemed to be Edinburgh’s largest re-generation project in more than half a century by the City of Edinburgh Council.

The first development phase of the eight-acre site incorporates a public park, central courtyards and new tree-lined avenue s linking Fountainbridge and the West Approach Road was approved in May. The £200m project brings together Grosvenor, AMA and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The former brewery site will now be known as Springside, and should provide 650 new homes and 160,000sq ft of high quality space for some 2,500 new jobs.

Dr Ali Afshar, director of AMA, said: “The springs beneath Fountainbridge, which still exist today, were a valuable resource for industry and embody our vision to create a distinct community with hundreds of new homes, stunning offices, shops and other local facilities in Fountainbridge.”

The redevelopment of the brewery site follows the masterplan approved by the City of Edinburgh Council in January 2006, and reflects guidelines set out by the Council’s own development brief for the area.