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CALA Homes (West) has kicked off a partnership with Social Bite to help tackle homelessness through a series of initiatives, beginning with a pilot project at CALA’s Prince’s Quay. CALA is set to donate staff time and money to support the charity’s various projects across Scotland.

A couple who regretted taking free advice from an architect friend are facing a £1 million legal bill after a failed lawsuit against her.

Mosaic Architecture + Design has secured planning permission for a £25 million hotel-led mixed-use development in Glasgow city centre.

Glasgow City Council has unveiled the final designs of a pedestrian crossing which will connect Govan and Partick.

Construction work on the first phase of a build-to-rent development in central Edinburgh is due to start this month after Moda Living appointed Robertson as the main contractor.

Premier Inn owner Whitbread has announced a £70 million investment in Scotland with plans to open five new hotels in 2020. The hotel operator said that the move will create an estimated 200 new jobs.

The Scottish arm of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group (SEC Group) has welcomed a pair of experienced industry professionals to senior roles within the organisation.  Gordon Matheson, former president of the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federatio

Sundial Properties has progressed plans for a mixed-residential development at a former gasworks in Leith following the conclusion of a public engagement exercise.

Trident Building Consultancy has promoted four associate directors across the UK to senior associates, including one in its Edinburgh office. Daksha Mistry in London City, Richard Crow from the Birmingham office, Liverpool’s Danny McEvoy, and Gordon Hamilton in Edinburgh were all promoted as o

Glasgow City Council has approved the sale of a former primary school site to GHA as new plans were lodged for a 70-home development.

The outstanding efforts of BAM Construction’s Stobhill Mental Health Unit site team have been recognised with the presentation of hub West Scotland’s inaugural Community Investment Award.

RTPI Scotland has welcomed commitments in the Scottish Budget to tackle the climate crisis but has called for more investment in the planning system to enable key targets to be met.

The success of a residential conversion project in Kilmarnock could pave the way for future town centre regeneration projects after five newly-refurbished flats were rented within six days.

Aberdeen City Council has put more than 300 commercial properties up for sale in a bid to raise £45 million for local services. The local authority is selling 90 industrial units, 15 offices, 75 shops and 130 ground lease properties, the Evening Express reports.

Fife’s flagship industrial innovation investment programme is taking shape as construction work starts on nine new business units at Queensway Industrial Estate in Glenrothes.  (from left) Scott Sinton, Bell Group supervisor; Modern Apprentice Mathew Fleming; Mark Herd, Fife Council; Cllr