Building Briefs - August 24th
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- Ryden completes sale of Stirling office building
Acting on behalf of Aston Property Ventures, Ryden has announced the sale of Maxxium House, Castle Business Park, Stirling to medical microwave technology company, Emblation Limited.
The 20,496 sq ft building comprises a modern, two-storey open plan office pavilion and is located approximately 1 mile from Stirling city centre. The adjoined property, Bermuda House provides a further 20,496 sq ft of office space and is still available on a For Sale / To Let basis.
Joint agents Ryden and Galbraith acted on behalf of Aston Property Ventures in this transaction.
- Family day exhibit for Elgin City Centre revamp plans
Moray Council is inviting families to view the redevelopment plans for Elgin City Centre in Cooper Park on Saturday 28 August.
The pop-up QR code trail will showcase the Masterplan from the recent consultation on overhauling the centre of Elgin, and will ask families for their input to the future regeneration on South Street and High Street down to the North Port precinct, Cooper Park and the Town Hall.
Running from 10am until 4pm there will be activities for children to take part in to have their say on what they’d like to see in the park specifically. For adults there will be the chance to ask the team behind the plans questions and give their feedback.
Entries from Moray’s young people to the Cooper Park design competition, which ran earlier this year, will also be on display throughout the day.
- £5m play park investment agreed with councils
Play parks across Scotland will be modernised and restored through £5 million of funding, following an agreement between the Scottish Government and COSLA.
Each local authority will receive a share of the funding to improve the standard of existing play parks, enhancing play opportunities for children and young people.
The funding is the first round of the Scottish Government’s total planned investment of £60m for play park renovation over this parliamentary term and delivers on another commitment for the first 100 days of this government
- Green light for Connecting Woodside cycle route
The first vital link in Glasgow’s £8 million Connecting Woodside active travel project has been formally approved as green for go.
All work on the new cycle route along Garscube Road, including a final safety audit, has now been completed, which means the cycle way is fully endorsed as safe to use.
The completed route establishes a key connection for walkers, wheelers and cyclists between the city centre and the Forth and Clyde Canal paths, which are an integral part of the national cycle route between Edinburgh and Loch Lomond. With Spaces for People for measures in place on Cambridge St, it is now possible to cycle along segregated cycle paths from the north of the city directly on to the pedestrian precinct at Sauchiehall St.
A new pedestrian crossing has also been installed on Garscube Road close to Abercorn Secondary School along with new footpaths along the length of the route.
The ultimate aim of Connecting Woodside project is to create a network of segregated cycle ways and quiet ways that provide alternative routes to busy main streets between Possil Road in the north to Charing Cross and Woodlands to the South and Kelvinbridge in the west. The scheme will also link with the regeneration work at Port Dundas and Sighthill.
Improvements to public spaces and walking routes to give greater priority to walkers, wheelers and cyclists are planned, including the redesign of junctions and other features to address road safety concerns. New charging points for electric cars and bike hire stations are also being included in the scheme.
- Upcoming overnight closures on M73
The M73 northbound carriageway between Junction 1 Maryville & Junction 2 Baillieston will be closed overnight for four nights, from 8 PM to 6 AM, commencing Monday 6 September 2021 for road surfacing works.
As a result, the following link roads and slip road will be closed:
M74 northbound link road to M73 northbound at Junction 4 Maryville
M74 southbound link road to M73 northbound at Junction 4 Maryville
M73 northbound on-slip road from Daldowie.
- Comments welcomed on £510k upgrade of rural tourism infrastructure
Comments are being welcomed on plans for a £510k upgrade of Moray’s rural tourism infrastructure.
The ‘Coast to Country’ proposals are phase two of Moray Council’s staycation-ready projects, and have been put together by Moray Council and partners including Moray Speyside Tourism Business Improvement District, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), and a number of community trusts and associations.
Included in the plans are: a new motorhome facility in Cullen; motorhome parking in Ballindalloch and Craigellachie; upgrade and reopening of toilets in Findhorn and Ballindalloch; a new car park and footpath to Bow Fiddle Rock; car park improvements at Ben Rinnes, Ballindalloch, Hopeman and Craigellachie; and enhanced tourism and community signage.
Its aim is to create a network of facilities that contribute to tourism and relieve pressure on local beauty spots. Moray Council will submit a bid next month to the Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund (RTIF) requesting £278,616, with the remainder of the funds coming from the Coastal Communities Fund, HIE and in-kind contributions from community partners.
If successful, it will improve visitor experience in Moray and reduce the negative impacts on local communities from the accelerated growth of staycations. If approved, it’s expected that works could be completed by April 2022.
Details on all the proposed upgrades are available within the consultation material, which is being staged as a virtual exhibition and available to download.
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