http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Old fruit market reborn as Edinburgh West Retail Park" en Fri, 22 May 2026 00:27:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218304 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:07:42 +0000 kaputnik 218304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The eastern half of the old new Fruitmarket site is still not developed, so there's not yet a through route. As I exited the Hutchison railway path this morning I found myself facing an articulated lorry full of constructional steel being reversed out of the building site without a banksman. Avoiding action taken. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218274 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:05:03 +0000 gembo 218274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>C'mon now crowriver, that comment would get one like and 29 dislikes in the comments section beneath the story </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218148 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 22:17:38 +0000 crowriver 218148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"RBS led the development alongside partner Ediston Real Estate. BP Pension fund, which financed the project, will now take over operation of the site."</p> <p>So our nationalised bank, aided by property developer cronies and a fossil fuel derived pennon fund, create a retail park designed to burn more fossil fuels.</p> <p>Great. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218140 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:48:51 +0000 gembo 218140@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is actually a funny comment in the comments gets 29 likes and 6 dislikes. Finbarr Saunders suggests it just needs a tanning salon to give multrees walk a run for its money.</p> <p>Pound land and Aldi apparently not yet open. The old fruit market was apparently in market street. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218116 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:42:29 +0000 The Boy 218116@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's basically just a car park with 8 shoddy looking retail units. Waste of a good site when garbage garden cities are being built on the green belt.</p> <p><img src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/90/79/4907988_74b1f276.jpg"></p> <p>edit: and as pointed out, it's a crap name. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218106 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:31:37 +0000 kaputnik 218106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edinburgh West Retail Park. East of the Gyle. Which is in the west. Of Edinburgh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218098 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:22:52 +0000 wingpig 218098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"...boasting/bygone/relic/bustling/prime/boasting/ambitious/boast..."</em></blockquote></p> <p>Considering the slightly hyperbolic phraseology the same journalist has exhibited in 'original' articles about cycling (including the one he researched using this forum) some bits of this article are a bit bland. Maybe "...with a ridiculous 286-space car park pandering appallingly to motorists".</p> <p>Four of the eight retail units are still empty, so perhaps they could knock through one of them to make another one into a drive-through doughnutarium in case people are too lazy to park and walk to the café. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218092 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:09:58 +0000 urchaidh 218092@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strike>Jo</strike><strong>Ch</strong>urnalists... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218091 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:09:45 +0000 Chug 218091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has the gate at Bainfield been opened to peds/cyclists? There's actually quite a nice path (but short) from Gorgie Mills through the Hutchisons </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218088 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:01:42 +0000 Morningsider 218088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yay! A 286 space car park - just what Chesser needs. Bets on people actually driving between this new place and Asda?</p> <p>EDIT - dang, beaten to it by Wingpig. Anyway - only 286 spaces? Clearly part of the Council's "war on the motorist". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218087 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:00:12 +0000 I were right about that saddle 218087@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Journalists must go to sleep with cold tears of shame in their eyes these days.</p> <p>My favourite? '<em>...a new Marks &amp; Spencer Foodhall, creating 67 jobs and boasting a 42-seater cafe...</em>'. </p> <p>Shopping With Beryl meets Jackie Bird on Reporting Scotland. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218086 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:58:55 +0000 wingpig 218086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"...with a 286-space car park offering easy access for motorists."</em></blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218084 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:50:57 +0000 dougal 218084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't tell if that whole article is just awful or a step beyond awful. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16312#post-218083 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:45:05 +0000 chdot 218083@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/old-fruit-market-reborn-as-edinburgh-west-retail-park-1-4112137" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/old-fruit-market-reborn-as-edinburgh-west-retail-park-1-4112137</a></p> <p>I'm sure there will be lots of cycle parking by the front door and convenient routes to get there. </p>