(12 Jan 2026, 7:11 pm)Storx wrote Aye, to be honest I'd be tempted to look at the other side of the road; over by the Art Gallery. Still quite a few places you could build one and could be the catalyst which regenerates that part of town including the 'closed' hotel. 

It's no further than Haymarket is from the core and could mean that New Bridge Street etc could be pedestrianised aswell. Even better if you could connect it to Manors Metro and Rail station as a hub with a short walk.

It's so much nicer around there with the original renders without the traffic:

If we're looking at the other side by the Art Gallery I would look at removing the cycle lanes on John Dobson Street/Saville Place and reconfigure the bit aligned with North Street highlighted in orange as Option 1 or remove Saville Place Car Park as Option 2 in green.