Private equity house Maven Capital Partners has promoted Colin Anderson and Andrew Whiteley from its specialist property investment team to partnership positions. Colin Anderson joined Maven in 2014 to further grow Maven’s property investment business, having previously spent 11 years in the c
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Private and affordable housebuilder Springfield Properties welcomed MSP Jamie Hepburn, minister for business, fair work and skills, to its Dykes of Gray village at Dundee. The minister visited Dykes of Gray to meet with a number of Springfield employees in a bid to see first-hand the variety of care
Design proposals for the last leg of Glasgow's South City Way route are to be unveiled at a drop-in event for the public. The £6.5 million project, which will create a segregated pathway between Queen's Park and the city centre, is on track for completion in 2019. The final phase of the 3km ro
Organisers of Ballater's annual Highland Games have warned that the event is under threat due to a proposed new housing development. Land which is used for car parking during the games, which have been held in the burgh every August since 1864, has been earmarked for 250 homes.
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Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has bought Livingston-based Walker Group for £31 million. Funded from Springfield's existing cash balances and borrowing facilities with Bank of Scotland, the acquisition of the entire share capital of Walker Holdings (Scotland) expands the Elgin-ba
Plans for a £50 million mixed-used transformation of Edinburgh’s Leith Walk have been rejected by councillors. Drum Property Group had planned to demolish the two-storey red sandstone shop frontages and industrial units at Stead’s Place and replace it with a five storey facility co
Stewart Milne Group chief executive Glenn Allison has announced his retirement after 30 years with the company. Mr Allison will be replaced by Stuart MacGregor, the housebuilder’s chief operating officer, when he retires in March.
Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has secured planning permission from Renfrewshire Council for the provision of 110 new homes through the development of land at the former Johnstone Hospital site on Bridge of Weir Road in Linwood. The 9.97-acre brownfield site is already identified for housing and will d
An Austrian-based specialist has been appointed to build an anaerobic digestion gas to grid plant at The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA). The plant will take the city’s food waste, agricultural crops, and waste products to produce biogas to power the multi-million-pound new TECA arena, conferenc
Architects Malcolm Fraser and Robin Livingstone have reunited to form a new practice grown from Malcolm Fraser Architects which ceased trading in 2015. Fraser/Livingstone Architects will get to work immediately with projects lined up including a restaurant overlooking the Water of Leith in Edinburgh
Ogilvie Construction has started work on Glasgow’s first Yotel in a prime location on Argyle Street opposite the city’s Central Station. The firm is transforming the Westergate building into a 256-room hotel that will be equipped with Yotel’s signature design and technology-driven
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure has been announced as a headline supporter of Scotland’s first delegation to this year’s MIPIM international property investment festival in Cannes. Robertson Group and Henry Boot have also been named in the public-private delegation.
Global commercial real estate services firm Avison Young has completed the acquisition of GVA which has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The move will see the two companies combine under the Avison Young brand.
One of Scotland’s most iconic structures could be saved from ruin and transformed into a modern multi-purpose venue in plans unveiled today. An official campaign launched to save Coats Memorial in Paisley will see a team of committed fundraisers aim to raise £1.5 million to breathe new l


