Work starts to deliver 40 new homes at historic Abbey Quarter

The townscape around the historic Arbroath Abbey is beginning to change as 40 new homes begin to emerge in the Abbey Quarter.Twelfth century meets the 21st on the rise just off the A92 Montrose Road in what is the latest clear signal of efforts to transform and reconnect the town and its people – providing high quality affordable housing, as well as better community spaces in Angus.The £7 million Abbey Quarter development – on the footprint of Guthrie Hill and Smithy Croft – is supported by £2.3m of Scottish Government grant funding and will provided much-needed homes for rent near the town centre, where previously there were unloved and unpopular multi-storey blocks.The 28 one-bedroom flats and two wheelchair-adapted properties will help to meet the significant demand for these types of rented property in Arbroath. There will be 40 units in total across the development, with two, three and four bedroom homes also available.Elected members met council officials onsite today to view the developments first stages up close and discuss the plans in detail.With the foundations in place and the frames of the homes now beginning to appear, it is anticipated that the project will be completed in 2020.