Former Edinburgh primary school to make way for new homes

A multi-million pound new housing development at the former Hunter’s Tryst Primary School in Edinburgh is one step closer to fruition thanks to work by a local law firm.Planning consent has been granted for 85 homes at the Oxgangs site – ravaged by fire more than a decade ago – and will be delivered by Hopefield Partnership and CCG Construction.It is one of the first developments delivered as part of a housing investment fund set up last year by the Scottish Government and Places for People Group, which includes PfP Capital. Its aim is to provide around 1,000 mid-market rent homes across the country. The other is a 66-home development in Paisley.Law firm Shoosmiths guided its client PfP Capital through the site’s purchase and development.The company’s real estate team was led by partner Janette Speed, with support from senior associate Gillian Ralph, as well as construction senior associate Stephanie Macpherson.Oxgangs is a brownfield site which has been left empty and unused since the summer of 2007 when pupils from Hunters Tryst moved to Comiston, now Pentland Primary.