Ken Shuttleworth @ Granton - Make
Former Foster & Partners architects - Ken Shuttleworth and John Prevc - have been appointed to create a 'bold, imaginative vision' for Edinburgh Waterfront.
Ken Shuttleworth's new practice - Make - is to create yet another masterplan for the Edinburgh Waterfront development. Shuttleworth was known for his work on the Swiss Re Building and Millennium Bridge in London. Make proposed in mid-2004 London’s tallest building.

Edinburgh Waterfront has previously been masterplanned by Llewelyn-Davies Architects, CZWG Architects, Conran & Partners and many other architects have been involved
Waterfront Edinburgh is planning to create a new island in the middle of Granton. The proposed island may be thistle-shaped in plan and could contain a marina, a couple of towers and mixture of residential and leisure developments. The proposal came from Stephen Izatt, Chief Executive of Waterfront Edinburgh and Make.

Granton Waterfront - PR
by Waterfront Edinburgh, 28.04.03:
New CEO appointed to steer Granton Waterfront Project
Edinburgh Property Chief Executive of Brownfield Regeneration Ltd, and former merchant banker, Stephen Izatt, has been appointed new Chief Executive of Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd, to lead Scotland's largest urban regeneration project.
He takes up his post on 2 June, taking over from Andrew Russell who announced his intention to retire from the Company last year.
Announcing the appointment, Company Chairman, Councillor Lezley M Cameron, said: "Stephen Izatt brings a wealth of experience to this important post. He is the ideal choice to lead the Company as the Waterfront Edinburgh project moves into the next exciting stage of development.
"We have already made tremendous progress, including the opening of the Southern Access Road, the purchase of a significant portion of land from United Wire, the award of a World Trade Centre licence, the approval of our Outline Planning Application for our first stage development and the construction of major transport corridors through our site.
"We are concluding negotiations to build the first 500 homes on our site and, later this year, we shall be bringing other residential and commercial sites to the market.
"We are on track to deliver our vision for Edinburgh's Waterfront - to create a new integrated city community of the highest quality of design and build. Residential, commercial and leisure developments will sit comfortably alongside each other, surrounded by substantial parkland and landscaping. Creating significant new job opportunities, Edinburgh's Waterfront will become the most sought after place to live and work."
As Chief Executive and founder of Brownfield Regeneration Ltd, a private sector remediator of large brownfield and contaminated sites, Stephen Izatt is currently responsible for all development activities encompassing strategic risk assessment and management, land investigation, land assembly and acquisition master planning, planning, stakeholder engagement, funding, tendering and contract negotiations, programming and construction, marketing, letting and sale as well as the management of the group.
He has close working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders from local interest groups, local authorities to Regional Development Agencies and Urban regeneration Companies, government departments and senior politicians.
In his early career, Stephen was an investment banker specialising in corporate finance, venture capital and investment management. He holds a degree in economics and is taking a part-time doctorate in the risk management of the remediation of contaminated land.
Councillor Donald Anderson, Leader of The City of Edinburgh Council, said: "This is an exciting time for Edinburgh's Waterfront as developments are really taking off. Stephen Izatt has a wide range of economic and property development experience and will be able to hit the ground running, helping secure more jobs and more houses for the area. I very much look forward to working with him."
>David Crichton, Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, added: "The regeneration of Edinburgh's waterfront area is a vital element in the city's drive to become a truly global competitive location. Stephen Izatt has the wealth of experience in this specialist field necessary to lead this major project and take it forward into the next stage of its development. I am delighted to welcome him as the new chief executive."

Waterfront Edinburgh - PR 2003

Waterfront Edinburgh - PR 2001:
Edinburgh Regeneration Company Submits
Environmental Impact Assessment

Waterfront Edinburgh Limited, the company responsible for procuring the
regeneration of the Granton Waterfront in the North of Edinburgh, has
submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment on its proposed development of
the Project's Central Development Area.
An Outline Planning Application for the Waterfront Edinburgh Area was submitted to The City of Edinburgh Council on 16 May 2001.
Chief Executive, Andrew Russell explained: "Though regarded by many as yet
another barrier in the way of comprehensive redevelopment, an Environmental
Impact Assessment is in fact of immense value to everyone concerned, since
it highlights at an early stage both the contribution which the new scheme
will make to the quality of life in North Edinburgh, and also the areas
which required sensitive treatment if adverse effects are to be avoided.
"Through careful consideration of all the elements in proposals which are
both complex and closely related to each other, we are confident that we
have achieved a scheme which reflects the vision in The Council's Master
Plan in the central part of the site. The work is of the highest quality
and should provide a firm foundation for detailed development of the
designs and projects we expect to launch in the new few years."
The Assessment has been carried out in accordance with the requirements of
the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 and
provides a comprehensive independent analysis of the likely impact of the
Project on the development area and covers noise, air quality traffic and
access, the collection and disposal of water, ecology, cultural heritage,
recreation, landscape, visual amenity and the treatment of contaminated
land.
The Environmental Impact Assessment was prepared by a multi-disciplinary
group of expert advisers lead by Montagu Evans and comprising Arup
Scotland, CFA Archaeology Ltd, Page and Park Architects, Turnbull-Jeffrey
Partnership, Ian White Associates and Young Associates.
Cllr Lezley M Cameron, Chairman of the Company, added: "This is a key
element of the Waterfront Edinburgh project and my fellow Board members and
I have placed great emphasis on the need for a robust assessment of high
quality. The Executive Team have shared this goal and we are impressed
with the time and effort they committed to ensuring that the group of
expert advisers received all the help and information required to produce
the Assessment."
Waterfront Edinburgh - PR 5 Oct 2001

Waterfront Edinburgh: Environmental Statement
Copies of the full Waterfront Edinburgh Environmental Statement can be purchased from: Montagu Evans Chartered Surveyors 37 Melville St Edinburgh

The Waterfront Edinburgh Statement and Technical Appendices cost £80 and cheques should be made payable to Montagu Evans.
Copies of the Waterfront Edinburgh Statement and Technical Appendices can be viewed during normal office hours at either:
The Prentice Centre 1 Granton Mains Avenue, Granton
Mon - Fri: 9.00am - 5.00pm

The City of Edinburgh Council, City Development, EDINBURGH
Mon - Thurs: 9.00am - 5.00pm, Fri: 8.30am - 3.30pm
A non-technical Waterfront Edinburgh summary has also been produced to comply with the assessment regulations and present the key conclusions contained in the statement.
Copies of the Waterfront Edinburgh summary can be obtained, free of charge, by contacting Christine Cook, Waterfront Edinburgh Limited, Madelvic House, Granton Park Avenue, Edinburgh

Waterfront Edinburgh - PROct 2001


Watefront Edinburgh: Granton Scotland PR - Sep 2001

Waterfront Edinburgh: Update
I am pleased to be able to look back on the last few months and report continued progress. We have continued with the strategy set out in our Business Plan, concentrating on site operations, communications and a solution to the "access" question. We have made significant moves forward in all three areas.

Communications
We have expanded our communications initiatives considerably, completing a further round of meeting with local communities, both visiting and receiving numerous developers and their agents, and speaking at various conferences about aspects of the project. These have included sponsorship of the British Urban Regeneration Association Scotland conference at the end of August, and, looking forward to 4 October, disseminating the news of the Company's role in promoting a credible public transport link for North Edinburgh as widely as possible.
Public Transport
The Andersen report on a public transport solution was published in July, and the results forwarded to The City of Edinburgh Council which immediately "incorporated" the proposal into its own bid for resources from the Scottish Executive's Public Transport Fund.
We are very proud of the leading role we have played in securing the support of 13 other major organisations in both public and private sectors, both to fund and steer the recommendations for a Light Rapid Transport, or Tram, system. This will link Granton with the City Centre via the former railway line to Roseburn, along Shandwick Place and Princes Street to St Andrew Square, and down Leith Walk, through Leith and back to Granton via Starbank. We are very hopeful that the Transport Minister will support the City Council's proposals and that it is now firmly in the pipeline. Throughout, we have worked very closely with The City of Edinburgh Council, and have received advice and encouragement directly from the Scottish Executive.
I would pay particular tribute to the two other principal landowners on the Granton site, Forth Ports and Lattice, each of whom contributed both funds and technical expertise. The effect has been to demonstrate grass roots support for the project, together with a willingness to contribute towards the cost of launching it.

Neighbours
Whilst progress on the site we control has been dramatic, this has been more than matched by Lattice which is now on site. It has commissioned some £5M worth of preparatory work securing access to Phase 1 of its development and achieving the level of decontamination required by statute. Lattice is in the final stages of selecting a development partner to take the project still further. At the time of writing it is talking to four organisations, of which this Company is one. Whatever the outcome, we shall draw satisfaction. If we are selected, it will be because the Company's resources and expertise are needed to tackle the special problems on the Lattice site. If we are not selected, it will mean that the private sector is prepared to take these risks itself, and there is no need to underpin the operation with public funds.
Forth Ports have applied for a planning consent for a substantial end user, to be located on the Central Pier of Granton Harbour. This, too, is a substantial step forward, since it will provide the justification for improvements to access and the provision of services to the site, facilitating Forth Ports' first phase on the filled ground at the Western Harbour.

What Happens Next?
Looking forward to the next three months, we expect by Christmas to have selected developers for a major part of the former United Wire site, and for the first phase of the residential development in the Central area called The Strand. The first of these projects comprises the former Madelvic Works, the first purpose built car factory in the UK built in 1898 to construct an electric vehicle. We hope to improve on this far-sighted, but ill-fated, venture by refurbishing the listed buildings and creating a substantial area of business space for rent. Waterfront Edinburgh Limited will be one of the first tenants, occupying the former office building. Agents McGregor Chartered Surveyors, have been instructed to assist us in the marketing, and Malcolm Fraser Architects, have drawn up an exciting set of plans to form the basis for bids from prospective development partners.
We are to be assisted in marketing the residential development on The Strand by Jones Lang Lasalle. We shall be looking for particularly high standards of design, and the integration of affordable housing within the project in compliance with current City of Edinburgh Council policies.
At Harbour Road, talks are well advanced with Edinburgh's Telford College which has announced its intention, in principle, to relocate wholesale to the Waterfront. Telford is a very large and successful further education institution, and its activities will contribute greatly to the life and vitality of this emerging new quarter of the City.

My report would be incomplete without reference to the tragedy at the World Trade Center in New York. As licensees for the proposed Edinburgh World Trade Centre, we had developed links and friendships with skilled and dedicated individuals running the World Trade Center's Association in New York, many of whom are no longer with us. The development of business space on the Granton Waterfront is a vital part of our strategy, but has always depended upon economic conditions and on the state of business optimism. We are watching the situation carefully, and will adapt our approach to the circumstances which emerge in the few months before my next report.

Andrew Russell, Waterfront Edinburgh: Chief Executive




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News Excerpts re Waterfront Edinburgh:

Waterfront Edinburgh - Ken Shuttleworth / Make
Architects urged to think bold over future of derelict gasworks...Ken Shuttleworth, of Foster and Partners....at Edinburgh’s Gallery of Modern Art to encourage Scottish architects to submit designs for around 560 houses that will fit within his overall masterplan for redevelopment of the 110-acre site at Granton....."Granton’s a stunning site," he told the audience. "We don’t want Noddy boxes. We want it to be part of the city extended out to the area. We are looking for something urban in the traditions of Edinburgh. It’s about taking the tradition of cities into modern architecture."
http://news.scotsman.com/archive.cfm?id=561842003
18.05.03

Waterfront Edinburgh to appoint new Chief Executive
Chairman of Waterfront Edinburgh Limited, Councillor Lezley M Cameron announced today that Andrew Russell, Chief Executive of Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd, will step down from his role at the end of his contract. He will be leaving the company from summer 2003.
09.12.02




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