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Granton Waterfront demonstrates how infrastructure investment can deliver wider benefits for people and place.

SFT worked with Scottish Government and City of Edinburgh Council to develop the Place Accelerator, linking funding to long-term social, economic and environmental outcomes. The approach is helping unlock sustainable housing, stronger communities, improved public spaces and inclusive growth.

Inputs, outputs and outcomes

News

In this thought-led article, Diarmaid Lawlor, who leads on SFT's support to the Scottish Government Place Based Investment Programme, provides a more in-depth analysis of the benefits of the Place Accererator.