http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Fountainbridge en Thu, 21 May 2026 13:05:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=821#post-43847 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:02:42 +0000 chdot 43847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>" 'British Rubber Corp' or whatever"</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1556#post-16156" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1556#post-16156</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=821#post-43843 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:40:41 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 43843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can still see the 'British Rubber Corp' or whatever it was sign above the door on one of the still-standing buildings. Must grab a pic to put on this thread... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=821#post-43839 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:38:06 +0000 kaputnik 43839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As a brewery site, it's not that historic. It's more historic as a former rubber mill. For most of its life, the Fountain Brewery was on the other side of Dundee street, under what is now Fountainpark / Springside.</p> <p>To be honest though I'm sure you could describe any old bit of land in Edinburgh as "historic". The land is quite old after all!</p> <p>Also, haven't they mothballed the other half of the Springside development already? Why would the newly vacant land next to already vacant land that has been vacant for some time be any more likely to get developed? Or are the developers queuing up to by the empty land cheap at the bottom of the market and sit on it until things (hopefully) pick up again and they can cram in as many tiny wee "executive apartments" as possible. Perhaps I'm missing something. Undoubtedly I am. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=821#post-43838 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:20:01 +0000 chdot 43838@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Does it have a chimney?</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3532" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3532</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=821#post-43837 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:08:22 +0000 Cyclingmollie 43837@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does it have a chimney? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=821#post-43834 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:45:29 +0000 chdot 43834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> SEVEN bidders, including Miller Group, are fighting over a historic former brewery site in the heart of Edinburgh that had been planned as a global headquarters for HBOS before the banking crisis. </p> <p>The area, which housed the Fountain Brewery until it was shut in 2005, has attracted strong interest despite the depressed conditions in the commercial property market.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/business/seven_bidders_lined_up_to_battle_for_historic_brewery_site_in_capital_1_1925487" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/business/seven_bidders_lined_up_to_battle_for_historic_brewery_site_in_capital_1_1925487</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=821#post-7144 Thu, 20 May 2010 12:52:51 +0000 SRD 7144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And<a href="http://news.scotsman.com/topstories/Creative-plan-brewing-for-old.6306664.jp"> here's</a> the link to the full story. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=821#post-7122 Thu, 20 May 2010 11:30:12 +0000 SRD 7122@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There've been a few threads about development along the canal, so thought people might be interested in this from the EEN:</p> <p>Business and arts development planned for former brewery site</p> <p>PLANS have been drawn up for a new hub for the creative industries and the performing arts on the site of Scottish &amp; Newcastle's former brewing plant at Fountainbridge.</p> <p>The brewery has lain empty since it was shut more than five years ago. </p> <p>Plans by HBOS for a major new office complex were put on hold by the banking crisis.</p> <p>Now the site could become a new cultural quarter for performers, artists, designers, computer gaming experts and architects, complete with major indoor and outdoor performance areas. </p>