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Real estate advisor CBRE has added to its Scottish Operational Real Estate (OPRE) team with the appointment of associate director Tony Spence. Tony will be based in the Edinburgh office but will work across Scotland, undertaking all aspects of hotel and hospitality brokerage within the Operational R

Last week saw the closure of the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Scottish Aggregates Levy. Scott Brewster of Brewster Brothers outlines why he believes the Levy should provide a springboard for the resource management sector. One of the aims of the Scottish Government’s prop

Property company JLL has appointed Paul Fallon as a director to strengthen the firm's Glasgow rating team. Mr Fallon will be responsible for helping the firm’s rating team identify solutions for JLL’s Scottish clients facing the 2023 Revaluation, to help secure savings across both t

George Hipwell has moved to Savills as the new Scottish director of its rural property division. He joins the Perth office from Davidson & Robertson where he was responsible for the rural and agency department.

Artisan Real Estate’s £80 million transformation of Glasgow’s A-Listed Custom House and neighbouring buildings is complete following the successful completion of two major new hotels for the city. The historic sandstone building, with its distinctive Greek revival frontage, now for

Forth Housing Association has welcomed the completion of a new housing development at Johnston Avenue in Cornton, Stirling. The handover of this fourth development in Cornton sets the seal on Forth’s continued commitment to the redevelopment of this priority regeneration area.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Gareth Cordiner as its new north division managing partner and Douglas Smith as its new Dundee partner. Promoted to partner three years ago having joined Hardies three years previously as an associate within its Aberdeen office, Mr Cordin

Data specialist Anna Reed explores the four key trends driving Scotland’s commercial real estate sector and shaping the future of the country. Scotland’s economy is getting back to business and so is its commercial real estate (CRE) sector. Creating opportunities for developers, investor

A planning application for the development of high-quality purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Edinburgh’s Canongate has been given the green light following an appeal by property developers to the Scottish Government. Summix (CGE) Developments and S Harrison have been granted permis

Miller Homes has welcomed David McGrath as the new divisional managing director for Scotland East and West, the North East and Teesside, as well as timber company Walker Timber, which was acquired by the group in 2021. Formerly regional chairman at CALA Homes, David takes the reigns from Peter Thoms

Developers are launching £60 million plans to revive a vacant site in Aberdeen city centre. Levelling Up Real Estate wants to create a “buzzing hub of homes” on a huge patch of wasteland left empty for a decade.

A major landmark at one of the UK’s most sustainable new housing developments has been reached with the ‘topping out’ of Rowanbank Gardens in Corstorphine, Edinburgh. Structural building work on the final phase of Artisan Real Estate’s 126-apartment development has now been c

All new-build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet the internationally recognised ‘Passivhaus’ standard after the Scottish Government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley. The Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bil

The monthly column from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) continues with Joseph Kilroy who looks at how stamp duty or LBTT can be deferred on properties to incentivise energy efficiency improvements. Introduction

An agency that typically supports the design of publicly-funded projects will lend its support to a charity’s ambitious proposals that will rewrite how care is provided to those with complex needs. Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS), Scotland’s design champion, is working with C