Shrubhill Development 1 SA : Housing minister marks the start of work on new homes. Kevin Stewart joins Edinburgh Council representatives and property developers Places for People on a visit to mark work starting on the 374-home Shrubhill development. Scottish Housing Minister Kevin Stewart with Colin Rae, Group Development Director at Places for People take a look at plans on the Shrubhill building site on Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Phase 1 will include ScotlandÕs largest NHT development Scottish Housing Minister Kevin Stewart MSP today [Tuesday 13 September 2016] joined property developer Places for People and council officials at a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction work on 374 new homes at Shrubhill on EdinburghÕs Leith Walk. Phase one will include 93 of a total of 150 new homes to be delivered at Shrubhill under the National Housing Trust initiative (NHT), the largest single NHT development in Scotland. When the £75 million development is complete it will offer a range of tenure options for rent and sale. As well as the new-build properties, there will be flats available within the conversion of the existing Grade B listed former tram depot buildings. Shrubhill is the site of EdinburghÕs historic tram depot, built in 1898, where there were workshops and the engine room that housed the winding gear for the CityÕs famous cable-hauled trams, the last of which ran in 1923. The last of the electric trams arrived on its final journey on Friday the 16th of November 1956. The tram sheds, chimney and a large part of the boundary wall and gables, all listed, will remain part of the development. Colin Rae, Group Development Director at Places for People, said: ÒThe redevelopment of Shrubhill will breathe new life into a brownfield site that has been neglected for many years. It is the only site of its type where NHT is delivered as part of a large scale city centre development and there is no doubt that the NHT initiative has indeed been

 Scottish Housing Minister Kevin Stewart MSP joined property  developer Places for People and council officials at a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction work on 374 new homes at Shrubhill on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk. Phase one will include 93 of a total of 150 new homes to be delivered at Shrubhill under the National Housing Trust initiative (NHT), the largest single NHT development in Scotland.

When the £75 million development is complete it will offer a range of tenure options for rent and sale. As well as the new-build properties, there will be flats available within the conversion of the existing Grade B listed former tram depot buildings.

Shrubhill is the site of Edinburgh’s historic tram depot, built in 1898, where there were workshops and the engine room that housed the winding gear for the City’s famous cable-hauled trams, the last of which ran in 1923.  The last of the electric trams arrived on its final journey on Friday the 16th of November 1956. The tram sheds, chimney and a large part of the boundary wall and gables, all listed, will remain part of the development.