Forth Ports, the £1bn quoted ports operator is planning to build an Edinburgh eco-town hewn from recycled shipping containers, the largest of its kind in Britain.
The new complex will be built on the waterfront at Forth’s Leith Docks, housing up to 300 units for both living and office use.
Forth Ports expects the units to be divided into two neighbourhood villages and to act as a forerunner for plans already submitted to the authorities to build around 16,000 new homes around the Leith Docks.
The Times Business 26/01/08 page 53
