The Council’s Finance and Resources Committee in a private session today agreed that the old Royal High School on Calton Hill will be remarketed.
This signifies the start of a new chapter for the historic and iconic building at the heart of Edinburgh’s original World Heritage Site.
Councillor Rob Munn, Convener of the Finance and Resources Committee, said:
I’m pleased that committee has unanimously agreed that we can now move forward and remarket this iconic building to identify the best value option for the city and our residents in the future.
We know there are a number of interested parties out there and I think this is also the best and fairest way to proceed. A report with further details on how we’ll take this forward will be considered by councillors in May.
Councillor Joan Griffiths, Vice Convener, added:
I’m delighted we now have a way ahead and I look forward to seeing the options presented to us at a future committee which could occupy this very important building, so prominent in our World Heritage site.