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The landmark former Watt Brothers department store in Glasgow has been purchased by Sandy and James Easdale in a rejuvenation plan expected to cost more than £20 million. The historic building, which is situated from Sauchiehall Street to Bath Street in the city centre, has been vacant since t

Faithful+Gould has been appointed by Aberdeenshire Council to support the delivery of over £200 million of capital projects as part of its Construction Design Services Framework. The three-year contract – with an option to extend by one year – will see Faithful+Gould provide q

Highland Council has today awarded the enabling contract for the transformation of Inverness Castle to Compass Building and Construction Services Limited. The enabling contract will start on October 5 and is anticipated to last for one year. The findings of these works will influence the length of t

The Scottish Government will take at least another month to come to a decision on long-running plans to develop hundreds of flats at Aberdeen’s Rubislaw Quarry.

Holmes Miller has outlined its approach to sustainability with the launch of a new charter.

An online pre-application consultation (PAC) is under way regarding design proposals for a new hotel and leisure ‘hub’ redevelopment of the Debenhams store on Edinburgh’s Princes Street.

Glasgow-based practice O’DonnellBrown has won a competition to design post-pandemic housing that addresses the needs of young people. Seven architects were shortlisted to pitch ideas to a panel led by residential developer HUB with the winning practice invited to work with the c

Perth & Kinross Council is joining a number of Scotland's local authorities in taking part in a pioneering new project exploring how urban landscapes can be transformed to heat homes and other buildings while cutting carbon emissions. The local authorities, alongside a wide range of public secto

Scottish Water has submitted plans to install over 1900 solar panels next to Fraserburgh Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW), capable of providing almost one third of the electricity required by the site as well as exporting power to the grid.

Woodlands, village shops and an urban community centre are amongst the assets set to pass into community hands following funding by the Scottish Land Fund.

Housebuilder Barratt Homes has donated £1,000 to a foodbank in the west of Scotland, to help continue providing food and support to those in need.

The narrowest house in London, which is just over one-and-a-half metres wide in places, has been put up for sale for nearly £1 million.

Kier Group has today followed last year's heavy losses with another plunge into the red of more than £273 million.

The façade and towers of an important historical building in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow will be saved under a new plan which will also bring much-needed new housing to the east end of the city.

Partick Housing Association (PHA) has submitted a planning application to transform a vacant office block on Great Western Road.