Prospective and Future Uses
In 2004, Edinburgh City Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund gave their support to a plan by HM The Queen's former royal press secretary, Michael Shea, to use the Old Royal High School as a Scottish National Photography Centre at a cost of £20 million.
In February 2010 Edinburgh City Council announced a plan to use the building as a hotel and public art gallery, described as an "arts hotel". The cost was estimated at £35 million, and the project was awarded to Duddingston House Properties to design and operate. The City Council will retain ownership of the building.
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