Work begins on The Ropeworks development in Leith

Residential property group Teague has started work on a new development that will bring hundreds of homes to Leith.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st May 2017, 13:07 BST

Updated 4th Jun 2017, 21:27 BST

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From left: Shane Teague, Craig Gillespie of Rettie & Co and Dan Teague. Picture: Stewart Attwood

The Ropeworks site has been undeveloped for about ten years and it is expected that the first phase will complete in the second half of 2018.

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Rettie & Co has been appointed as selling agent for the site – named after the Roperie and Sailcloth Company, founded there in 1750.

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Craig Gillespie, senior property broker at Rettie, said: “We are excited to be working with The Teague Group again, this time on a development that will be nothing short of transformative for this part of Leith.”

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