Edinburgh Airport business gateway to create 12,000 jobs

Developers have promised to create 12,000 new jobs with plans for offices, shops, leisure space, hotels and homes next to Edinburgh Airport.The International Business Gateway (IBG), which has been talked about for more than a decade, would be built on vacant land between the airport’s Hilton Hotel and the main A8 road.The development would include more than 122,000sqm of office space, 396 residential units, 1,150 hotel rooms and almost 5,500sqm of retail and leisure space.The plans are due to be considered by the city council’s development management sub-committee tomorrow and officials have recommended councillors back the scheme.The proposed development is being driven forward by a consortium consisting of Murray Estates, Frogmore Property, New Ingliston Limited and Salmon Harvester Properties.