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Glasgow is at a tipping point as a lack of new office developments in the city centre could see ‘refurbishment’ rents outstrip rents on new-build in 2023 for first time in six years, to reach £36 per sq ft, according to Savills. With less than a year’s supply of new office ac

Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful is offering free online climate emergency training in May and June for people involved with the construction sector.

Stephen Lewis, managing director of HFD Property Group, will be appointed as chair of the Scottish Property Federation (SPF) at the organisation’s annual conference in Edinburgh today. Stephen Lewis succeeds Kevin Robertson, managing director of KR Developments, who has chaired the SPF since A

A trade body is urging newly elected Scottish councils to embrace investment in build to rent (BTR) and co-living to help address the current housing crisis, addressing nationwide shortages of rental stock and providing additional housing supply to help meet housing targets. The call, following the

Dr Sophie Taysom from Keyah Consulting argues that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors should be embedded within new developments. Scotland’s net zero commitments cannot be achieved without a clear focus on the built environment, which accounts for about 40% of global carbo

A review of the second Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing (EESSH2) is to be brought forward to commence this year for completion in 2023, the Scottish Government has confirmed. The announcement was made yesterday as part of the Scottish Government’s response to the report, Achi

A landmark regeneration scheme in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire has been crowned the overall winner at the inaugural RTPI Scotland Awards for Planning Excellence 2022. The Fraserburgh Conservation Area Renewal Scheme Townscape Heritage Project won in the RTPI Scotland Best Project category and took awa

With the bidding process closing today, Sheelagh Cooley, real estate partner in the Edinburgh office of law firm Shoosmiths, considers the benefits and potential challenges ahead for the operators of Scotland’s Green Freeports. It has been well publicised that the Scottish Government is curren

The rising cost of debt finance and the impact on appetite to buy were top of the agenda at Savills 34th annual Financing Property presentation, launched in Edinburgh this month. Savills noted that the rising debt cost comes at a point in the property cycle when yields are historically low, meaning

Bellfield Interchange and Cultural Kilmarnock have been selected by East Ayrshire Council as the projects that will benefit from its £30 million bid to the UK Government’s Levelling Up fund. The UK Government announced Round 2 of the UK Levelling Up Fund in March 2021, focusing

Moray Council is to pursue newly launched National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic Environment Scotland schemes to fund the Forres Town Centre Improvement Plan. After approval by the economic development and infrastructure committee, officers will submit a bid for funding to assist with the plan

The Scottish Land Commission has today published recommendations to Scottish ministers to shape the land market and the carbon markets so that they work in the public interest. The recommendations are:

Moray Council is to submit a bid to the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund for £18.29m to regenerate the Auction Mart and former Sawmill by Linkwood Road among other projects. The Fund is designed to invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life by supporting town centre and h

The number of properties at a proposed North Lanarkshire Council development site in Chapelhall has been revised from 41 to 25. The local authority is working on designs for the development at Gibb Street, with the plans now showing 25 flats on what is currently an area of open space.

A bid to revisit the demolition of high rise flats in Ayr has been resoundingly beaten at the latest meeting of South Ayrshire Council. In 2019, councillors took the unanimous decision to demolish three multi-storey blocks at Riverside Place and build a new development on the site.