http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Fort’s bid to battle it out for shoppers" en Thu, 21 May 2026 19:52:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73173 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:50:19 +0000 Nelly 73173@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow, a multiplex full of spotty kids and a TGI Fridays. And I have to drive to it?</p> <p>Well its almost tempting me away from a stroll to The Dominion, followed by our choice of nice local restaurants.</p> <p>Planners = Buffoons </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73171 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:32:05 +0000 Claggy Cog 73171@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder when Prof Towers went there himself, if ever. Doncha just love social commentators, telling us what it should be like!</p> <p><em>So FK is for people who live close by and will walk and cycle</em> ...well no, just think if they buy anything, how are they going to get it home...by car, of course. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73170 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:29:01 +0000 SRD 73170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We used to go to FK and the B&amp;Q and stuff by bus and foot. Ridiculously inconvenient and unpleasant. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73169 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:27:22 +0000 chdot 73169@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good reason for a railway station...</p> <p>Oh it's got one. </p> <p>No trains on a Sunday. </p> <p>Or a shuttle bus. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73168 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:24:57 +0000 chdot 73168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Professor Neil Towers, Deputy director of research at the School of Management and Languages, at Heriot-Watt University.</p> <p>Fort Kinnaird will be able to offer people in east Edinburgh something they currently have to travel for, and that’s a good thing for consumers because competition will lead to the best experience.</p> <p>"</p> <p>So FK is for people who live close by and will walk and cycle?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73167 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:09:50 +0000 cc 73167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The council seems to be more determined than ever to shut down all the shops in the centre of the city </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73161 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:59:51 +0000 custard 73161@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yup FK is our local and its a nightmare for peds and cars TBH.<br /> There is bike parkng,though its pretty rubbish.<br /> Theres weedy racks at the corner opposite boots,round the side of Comet. Think theres some by PC world.<br /> From a selfish point of view,a cinema would be handy for taking the boy to kids films :o </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73144 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:48:16 +0000 Claggy Cog 73144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Personally I find Fort Kinnaird unappealing in every way. There is no bike parking, the car parks are a veritable nightmare as the planners seemed to forget that once out of your car you become a pedestrian and it is not a pedestrian friendly area. There are three parts to it, two adjoined by one crossing, and the third around a couple of roundabouts and out of the way. Wickes moved out of the third site due to lack of business, with B&amp;Q next door. The previous cinema complex shut for obvious reasons, so really cannot understand why the planners think that it will be any different. As one reader points out the place is built inside out. </p> <p>I wonder what has happened to the planned expansion at Danderhall/Edmonstone - the talk was of lots of housing and an hotel/conference centre. This would be just up the road from FK and encroaching on green belt land, but hey ho, that's ECC for you. Potential customers? What about car parking for all those residents? More traffic out in east Edinburgh just to add to the misery that is Sherriffhall and the Gilmerton Rd/Dobbies route. I love it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73138 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:11:01 +0000 Min 73138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perfect. Just what is needed to go along with the half-a-tram to Princes Street. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73135 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:35:58 +0000 amir 73135@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So the last cinema there was apparently less valuable than car parking. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6933#post-73134 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:30:34 +0000 chdot 73134@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> A NEW cinema complex and department store are set to be built on the outskirts of the Capital, the Evening News can reveal today, as Fort Kinnaird goes to war with Ocean Terminal in a battle to attract new shoppers.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/fort-s-bid-to-battle-it-out-for-shoppers-1-2337276" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/fort-s-bid-to-battle-it-out-for-shoppers-1-2337276</a> </p>