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HOTEL TO OPEN IN EDINBURGH DUE TO TRAM PROJECT An Irish-American “hotel giant” has reportedly bought a former Georgian Townhouse by the Edinburgh Playhouse in the city centre to transform into a 150 room boutique hotel and the Trams for Edinburgh project has said to be a key feature of having the development.
The Fitzpatrick Hotel Group have said that it should open by the end of 2010, cost around £35 million and create over 100 jobs. They have also said the tram was a major factor in their decision to go for the site at the top of Leith Walk.
* In a less positive development from Edinburgh a bar in the city centre has closed for the duration of the tram works in Shandwick Place – citing the disruption caused by the work as the reason. The Grosvenor closed in mid June and is scheduled for reopening on 16th July – after the first stage of the roadworks. It is claimed that no transport access and limited pedestrian access to the area has left them with no choice.
Source: The Scotsman
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