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Article: Edinburgh Park . . it's the business!
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- February 11, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright 1999 Evening News - Scotland. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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TEN years ago, Edinburgh Park was just a twinkle in the council's
eye.
It was an unspectacular collection of green fields squeezed
between the newly-opened city bypass and an emerging South Gyle.
Today it is well on the way to becoming Scotland's fourth-biggest
commercial centre outside Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh city.
The 4000 staff working on the park will grow to 5000 by the end
of
1999, and 15,000 when the site is completed over the next five to
seven years. That's the size of a small town.
Edinburgh Park's futuristic glass and granite offices are already
home to several UK headquarters and two major overseas investors.
Another inward investment announcement is expected later this ...