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Hong Kong-based boutique real estate investment manager IP Investment Management and UK property and private equity manager Maven Capital Partners have continued their penetration into the UK student housing sector with the acquisition of Centro House, a student accommodation property in Stirling.

A housing developer jointly owned by IKEA has gained planning consent for its first housing development in the UK.

A property developer that granted an option to purchase land it owned next to Edinburgh Airport in favour of the airport has failed to establish that the option had not been validly exercised.

East Dunbartonshire Council has granted planning permission for the new Allander Leisure Centre facility in Bearsden.

Plans have been approved for a £15 million investment to transform the former site of the Nestlé Purina factory in Barrhead and create hundreds of jobs.

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has been given the green light to build a vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland.

The repair and maintenance of existing infrastructure is Scotland’s best opportunity for quick economic stimulus, according to the Institution of Civil Engineers in Scotland.

Refreshed plans for the transformation of the former Exxon site in Bowling have been given the go-ahead by councillors.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has issued new guidance for professionals operating in the residential market in Scotland to help them prepare for carrying out physical inspections on domestic properties.

The public inquiry into problems with key building systems at two hospitals will begin in August, the Scottish Government has announced. Health secretary Jeane Freeman has confirmed that the inquiry regarding Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus in Glasgow and the Royal Hospital for Children a

A derelict site in Arbroath could be set for 20 new homes under plans submitted on behalf of Hillcrest Homes. Comprising five two-storey blocks, the application proposes a mix of affordable homes in the former grounds of Abbeybank House on Springfield Terrace.

Waverley Housing Association has submitted plans to renew the ageing Upper Langlee estate in Galashiels.

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has urged ministers to seize the opportunity to turn the COVID-19 crisis into a defining moment in the fight against climate change and has put domestic retrofit at the front of its agenda.

Sustrans Scotland has published new design guidance, aimed at supporting organisations implementing temporary walking and cycling infrastructure to enable physical distancing during COVID-19.

Thirteen site managers for Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes have won a top national award for quality from the National House Building Council (NHBC). Site managers from Culloden West in Inverness, Westburn Gardens in Aberdeen, Preston Square in East Lothian, Heritage Grange in Edinburgh and mor