UK: Hybrid hospitality model The Social Hub has submitted plans to create a £200 million venue in Edinburgh, its second UK challenge.
The Social Hub mentioned it’s in “superior negotiations” for a plot of land on the former Fountain Brewery web site in Fountainbridge, which has been vacant for round 20 years.
Buccleuch Property and Cruden Houses are main the masterplan redevelopment of Fountainbridge, which incorporates lots of of recent properties, workplace and retail, and public areas.
Plans for The Social Hub name for a 560-bed venue comprising prolonged keep rooms, lodge suites, and rooms for college kids. Facilities embrace coworking house for as much as 300 folks, occasion areas, gymnasium and wellness areas, and a bar and restaurant.
Charlie MacGregor, founder and CEO of The Social Hub, mentioned: “It is a very particular second for me; it’s one thing I’ve hoped for and labored in the direction of for a few years. Edinburgh is my residence metropolis and a part of my DNA. This is a chance to offer one thing again and assist form a daring, constructive future for Fountainbridge. We all the time need the local people to assist form our hubs and would encourage anybody with views about our plans to share them.
“The success of Glasgow has proven what we are able to obtain in Scotland and I’m so excited to see how we are able to make the identical form of impression on this fantastic metropolis. The Social Hub is greater than a spot to remain – it’s a hub the place folks from all backgrounds come collectively, assist create a greater society, and obtain extraordinary issues,” he added.
Nick Waugh, industrial property director at Buccleuch, mentioned: “We’re delighted to be working with The Social Hub to supply the final necessary piece of the authorized masterplan and such a complementary use for the location.”
The Social Hub will host public consultations in Fountainbridge on 8 December and 26 January to share its imaginative and prescient for the location. Visits to the corporate’s Glasgow hub can even be organized.
Highlights:
- The Social Hub has submitted plans for a £200 million challenge in Edinburgh’s Fountainbridge.
- The proposed 560-bed venue will embrace lodge suites, prolonged keep rooms and scholar lodging.
- Facilities will characteristic coworking for 300 folks, occasion areas, wellness amenities and F&B.
- The positioning types a part of the Fountainbridge masterplan led by Buccleuch Property and Cruden Houses.
- Public consultations will happen on 8 December and 26 January as plans transfer ahead.
