 One of the major recommendations of the 1997 international review that led to the formation of Informatics as an academic grouping at Edinburgh, was that the University should provide a building for the collocation of Informatics.An options appraisal recommended that the University should plan for the collocation of Informatics in an 18,000 m² new construction within the University's George Square Campus, using the long-vacant Crichton Street site.In 2002, the University embarked on a fund-raising campaign.