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Peterhead’s affordable housing stock received a significant boost this week with the official launch of 23 new homes by Osprey Housing Group. The nine two-bedroom flats and 14 three-bedroom houses in Lingbank Close in the town’s Upper Grange area were officially opened by housing ministe

Highland Housing Alliance has handed over keys to tenants at a new development marking the completion of another successful mixed-tenure development in Inverness.

The CCG Group and Linthouse Housing Association are to embark on a third phase of planned renewal works to properties in Govan. The work will take the number of properties that have received upgrades to approximately 450 since early 2018.

MCR Property Group has acquired Centrum Business Park, a thirteen-acre industrial and commercial site adjacent to Junction 7A of the M8 motorway, near Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has instructed the civil service to prepare plans to build a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, according to reports. Documents leaked to Channel 4 News showed that the Treasury and the Department for Transport have been asked to analyse the costs and risks.

A £1.5 billion framework has been launched for new build residential construction services in Scotland.

Galliford Try has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its house-building interests to Bovis Homes for £1.075 billion. Under the terms, Bovis will pay a cash element of £300 million for Linden Homes and Galliford Try Partnerships with a further transfer of a £100m private debt p

Private and affordable housing provider Springfield Properties has announced its first land acquisition in Inverness as the group continues its geographic expansion into the Highlands. The purchase at Easterfield Farm in Inverness follows other land recently secured in surrounding areas for Springfi

A North American investor has been given a funding boost to press ahead with purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) projects in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Investec Structured Property Finance is funding CA Ventures’ first UK student accommodation development with a £64 million loan.

The company behind the £3.5 million renovation of one of Dundee’s historic jute mills is to expand its proposals after it acquired the adjacent building.

British-based architectural practices are to benefit from reduced administration and costs when recruiting for international talent following changes to UK immigration rules.

Almost £50 million of funding has been agreed for a Data-Driven Innovation Hub led by the University of Edinburgh after the project’s business case was accepted by the City Region Deal Joint Committee.

Edinburgh Rugby has been granted a building warrant to enable the construction of a purpose-built 7,800 capacity stadium in the grounds of BT Murrayfield.

Clyde Gateway’s executive director of regeneration, Martin McKay, has been announced as keynote speaker at the first in a series of The Big Conversation events hosted by BDP. The first of the events will be held on September 17 to mark the 50th anniversary of the BDP Glasgow studio and will lo

Hart Builders MD Andy Mallice on the approach the housebuilder is taking regarding the growing market for private flats. With the political and economic uncertainty around Brexit, you could forgive the construction industry for being apprehensive about committing to investing in growth areas over th