Total development content;
- A development area of 111ha/266 acres
- 15,900 residential units consisting of 25% affordable housing
- 77,000m2 retail/leisure/cultural and community space of which 25,000m2 will be in the village around Ocean Terminal
- 130,000m2 of commercial space
- 14,000m2 of cultural space
- 9.28ha/22.9 acres of industrial use.
- 49.7ha/119 acres of open space
Due to the scale of this regeneration the redevelopment has been broken down into nine villages with masterplanners RTKL appointed to the first phase of this project. Responsible for the transformation of the waterfront area of the US city of Baltimore (which is similar in size to the land around Western Harbour Leith), RTKL will produce a development plan to maximise the economic value and potential of the area. This will be the catalyst that will provide a heart to the waterfront by combining commercial, residential, leisure and retail usage.
Recognising the significance of this regeneration project, The City of Edinburgh Council set up the Waterfront Development Partnership Board in 2006 to formulate policy relating to the longer-term development of the whole of Edinburgh Waterfront. The Partnership Board is a public/private partnership between City of Edinburgh Council, Scottish Enterprise, Forth Ports, the National Grid and Waterfront Edinburgh Limited.
To learn more about Leith Docks, please visit www.leithdocksdevelopment.com.
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