One of Edinburgh’s most important art deco banking halls included in £60m restoration

Edinburgh planners have given the green light to a £60m regeneration project that which will bring more than 700 jobs to the city centre.The Registers, an area to the south east of St Andrew Square, which will see two important heritage buildings given a new lease of life, new office accommodation and street level shops, bars and restaurants.New life will be given to one of the most important art deco banking halls as a restaurant at the neoclassical 42 St Andrew Square and reinstating a former warehouse at 28 West Register Street into active commercial use while preserving its remarkable Venetian Gothic façade.On completion in 2017 the development is set to deliver an annual economic boost of £71.4m for the city, alongside a significant “heritage gain” for the area.A Chris Stewart Group development, it aims to replicate the success of Advocate’s Close in Edinburgh’s Old Town, which has won an array of national and international awards for its design.