• A new concert hall, The Impact Centre, opened in the city centre at St Andrew Square in 2021. The 1,000 seater concert hall is the permanent home for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

• In 2017 the Queensferry crossing bridge was opened at a cost of £1.35 billion. There are now three bridges crossing the Firth of Forth, each from different centuries. This improves connections between Edinburgh and the North of Scotland.

• A £36.5 million renovation of the historic King’s Theatre is underway, with funding agreed by the City Council and Scottish Government.

• Edinburgh St James is a 1.7 million square feet city centre development opened in 2020. The development provides up to 850,000 square feet of prime retail space, a five-star hotel, up to 150 new homes, 30 restaurants and a new cinema complex.

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