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City of Edinburgh Council has received plans for the £85m extension of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre by 2013, including a new atrium and eight-storey office building. 02-Jun-2009 City of Edinburgh Council has received plans from Network Rail for a £130m investment at Waverley station, including a new glass roof and platform improvements. 16-Apr-2009 City of Edinburgh Council is to consider plans for the £25m expansion of the Cameron Toll shopping centre, including 11 new retail units, restaurants, a cinema and the creation of up to 500 jobs. 31-Mar-2009 City of Edinburgh Council is considering plans to outsource its customer service functions, with an official tender for its council tax collection and call centre operations being issued in the summer. 17-Feb-2009 City of Edinburgh Council is planning to close 14 council-run care homes and replace them with six new sites over the next ten years, at a cost of £38m. 04-Dec-2008 City of Edinburgh Council is to demolish Meadowbank athletics stadium and replace it with a smaller 5,000-capacity arena, with some of the land being used for housing. 17-Mar-2008 City of Edinburgh Council is to receive plans from Henderson Global Investors for the £850m redevelopment of St James Shopping Centre, including new shops, two hotels and flats. 25-Jan-2008 City of Edinburgh Council is to shed up to 1,000 jobs, including more than 250 home-based carer jobs, as well as call centre staff, clerical workers and policy-makers. 03-Dec-2007 City of Edinburgh Council is to consider plans from Tiger Developments for the £200m redevelopment of Haymarket, including a five-star 180-bed InterContinental hotel and a 246-bed Travelodge. 06-Sep-2007 City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a 200,000 sq ft office to relocate a further 1,500 staff, having just transferred 1,800 staff to its new headquarters at Waverley Court. 01-May-2007 City of Edinburgh Council is planning to build a £15m arena to replace the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens. 21-Apr-2006 City of Edinburgh Council is to spend £5.6m upgrading the city's parks and gardens over the next three years, and is seeking further funding from various agencies. 20-Mar-2006 City of Edinburgh Council and AM Development have announced proposals for the £200m redevelopment of Princes Street, including up to half a million square feet of additional retail space. 26-Oct-2005 City of Edinburgh Council is planning to spend up to £100m transforming the Royal Commonwealth Pool and building a new sports complex and football centre. 12-Sep-2005 City of Edinburgh Council is to consider plans from the Fountain North consortium for the £200m redevelopment of eight acres of S&N's Fountainbridge brewery site, including new shops, offices and homes. 19-Jan-2005 City of Edinburgh Council has unveiled plans for a £2bn mixed-use urban development at Granton Waterfront, including new offices, shops, homes, a hotel and a casino. 04-Oct-2004 City of Edinburgh Council is seeking funding for a £110m project to improve sporting facilities, including the £24m revamp of the Royal Commonwealth Pool and the construction of a £37m athletics and rugby stadium at Sighthill. 15-Mar-2004 City of Edinburgh Council is to consider plans for the development of a £200m biomedical research park next to the new Royal Infirmary, and construction is expected to start next year. 05-Dec-2002 City of Edinburgh Council has announced plans for the £9m refurbishment of Usher Hall, including a new glass extension for a box office, administration and hospitality areas. 23-May-2002 City of Edinburgh Council is to consider plans from the Southside Capital consortium for the £400m redevelopment of the 19-acre Royal Infirmary site, including offices, shops, homes and a hotel. 14-May-2002 City of Edinburgh Council is planning to build a new £40m headquarters on a Railtrack site at Waverley Station, which will house 1,800 staff. 12-Sep-2001 City of Edinburgh Council is expected to announce plans next month for a £25m expansion of the EICC international conference centre. 24-Aug-2001 City of Edinburgh Council is expected to reveal proposals next month for the development of a tram service between the city centre and the £1bn Waterfront scheme. 10-Aug-2001 City of Edinburgh Council and Miller Group have won provisional approval from the Scottish Executive to extend Edinburgh Park, which could lead to the creation of a further 20,000 service jobs at the business park. 16-Jul-2001 City of Edinburgh Council is to consider plans from Waterfront Edinburgh for a £1bn urban redevelopment programme, which would include a new national museum for Scotland as well as housing, schools and commercial space. 18-May-2001 City of Edinburgh Council has drawn up a shortlist of four potential sites for a new city centre headquarters. 27-Apr-2001 City of Edinburgh Council is to spend £0.5m restoring a 300-year-old link between Acheson House and the present Huntly House Museum on the Canongate, to create a new larger city museum. 17-Apr-2001 City of Edinburgh Council and British Telecom are to launch a 10-year £150m strategy to create a "Smart City", which will involve BT becoming the council's partner in developing new ways to deliver services. 02-Apr-2001 City of Edinburgh Council is to consider plans from Royal & Sun Alliance for a £10m retail and office development at the west end of Princes Street. 31-Jan-2001 City of Edinburgh Council is seeking private sector investment for a £300m facelift for the Craigmillar estate, in order to improve housing, schools, shops and community facilities. 06-Dec-2000 City of Edinburgh Council is to consider plans from Edinburgh Gate, a Virgin Islands-based development group, for the construction of a 64-acre business park at the former Continental Tyre factory. 29-Nov-2000 City of Edinburgh Council is linking up with Midlothian Council and Miller Ventures to build 5,800 new homes to the south east of Edinburgh, but the £500m project is expected to be delayed for some years by the planning process. 09-Jun-2000 City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans for a £100m leisure and business complex at the derelict Greenside Place site, including multiplex cinema, restaurant, nightclub, and health club. 01-Jul-1999
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