The City of Edinburgh Council has granted planning permission to developer TH Real Estate for the first part of the £850m Edinburgh St James development site.
The council has approved plans to convert and make alterations to St Andrew’s Hall, which will be “sensitively converted” to include a three-storey extension, which “will complement the existing building”.
St Andrew’s Hall is being converted to provide office and restaurant space, a base for the shopping centre management, training facilities and a security centre.
The 1.7 million sq ft Edinburgh St James scheme will see the 1970s shopping centre currently on site replaced with a new 750,000 sq ft retail centre, luxury hotel, up to 250 new homes, restaurants and a multi-screen cinema.