Allan Murray Architects (AMA) are working with BDP on proposals to transform the St James shopping centre at the east end of Princes Street, Edinburgh.

The opportunity to consider the comprehensive redevelopment of the whole St James Centre has arisen from the acquisition of the St James Centre and New St Andrews House by Henderson Global Investors in June 2006.

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This is the first time the complex has been in single ownership. AMA have aided the Council in the production of a draft Development Brief - the St James Quarter Development Brief - which was approved for consultation by the Planning Committee on 18 January 2006.

Allan Murray said: "Our vision is to create a must-see destination in Edinburgh, with a grandeur and scale appropriate to its setting.

"The curve of the galleria complements the geometry of the New Town while the St James Quarter will also provide a family of intimate squares connected by streets."

(GK/JM)