Affordable homes at former Sick Children site in Edinburgh handed over to Home Group Scotland

Affordable homes at former Sick Children site in Edinburgh handed over to Home Group Scotland

Building and construction firm The JR Group has officially handed over 31 new homes at the former Royal Hospital for Sick Children site in Edinburgh to Home Group Scotland.

The completed development, located opposite The Meadows in the heart of the capital, has delivered 20 apartments for social rent and a further 11 for mid-market rent.

Each home has been built to high sustainability standards, incorporating exhaust heat pumps and benefiting from direct links to solar panels, ensuring modern, energy-efficient living in a central city centre location.

Gary McGregor, managing director for The JR Group, said: “We are incredibly proud to hand over this landmark development to Home Group Scotland. It has been a privilege to help transform the former hospital site into light, modern, energy-efficient homes that will serve the local community for generations.

“Prime city centre locations such as these are challenging in many ways to develop due to tight space constraints but provide a rare opportunity to reinvigorate brown-field locations in the heart of a well-established community, where people truly want to live. These apartments not only provide modern, affordable housing but also support Edinburgh’s ambition to become a net zero city through their green technologies.”

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