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The former Howard Hotel on Great King Street Plans have been unveiled to return two of Edinburgh’s best-known historic boutique hotels back to their residential grandeur with the creation of new apartments.

BAM Construction has been appointed by East Renfrewshire Council to build a new primary and nursery school in Newton Mearns on Glasgow’s south-side. The new £12.2 million Maidenhill Primary and Nursery School will be located off Ayr Road and will provide early learning education facilities for th

Planning permission has been granted for a Greenock school to undergo a multi-million pounds transformation. The £6 million refurbishment and extension of St Mary’s primary is the latest key project in Inverclyde Council’s schools estate investment.

Nigel Wilson Insurance giant Legal & General has announced the launch of a new wholly-owned division which aims to become the leading private affordable housing provider in the UK.

Andrew Kubski Andrew Kubski has been appointed as director of development and asset management at West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA).

Plans lodged by Capital Developments in December last year Highland councillors have approved proposals for the redevelopment of a vacant corner block in Inverness into a modern retail and residential building.

Chris Stewart Group (CSG) has added another award to its growing trophy cabinet having won the British Council for Offices (BCO) Refurbished/Recycled Workplace category for its Greenside development in Edinburgh. Situated on Blenheim Place, which backs onto Calton Hill, the 38,000 sq ft office build

The Final house is lowered into place at the Social Bite Village, Edinburgh behind Alister Steele (Chairman) , Gill Henry (Cruden Group), Josh Littlejohn (Social Bite)(Image by Stewart Attwood) As the countdown begins to the opening of the Social Bite Village in Granton, Edinburgh the final two nest

The Construction, Housing and Property golf qualifier of Business Fours found four more qualifiers for Scotland's national business golf tournament final. Supported by sponsors, Kinetic Demolition the day proved a smash all round with the golfers taking on the challenge of dismantling the course, so

McDermott Group’s Kiltwalk team in Glasgow (from left) Colin Todd, Terry Carroll, George McLeod, Anne Marie Tomlin, Graeme Lavery and William Ogilvie McDermott Group team set to take Kiltwalk in their stride

A family is being ordered out of their three-bedroom property near Blairgowrie after it emerged the previous owner built it without planning permission. Peter Brown is battling a Perth and Kinross Council enforcement order that demands he stops using the property as a house within 180 days or face p

Jeff Fairburn Edinburgh-based financial giant Aberdeen Standard Investments led a shareholder revolt against the £75 million bonus awarded to Persimmon Homes chief executive Jeff Fairburn at the firm’s AGM yesterday as it launched a withering attack on the package in which it stated that the role

Planning permission has been secured to develop Scotland's first man-made surf park in Edinburgh. Leisure company Wavegarden Scotland will now transform the disused Craigpark Quarry near Ratho into a ‘world-class’ surfing and family leisure facility, complete with an artificial lake with

Professor Sean Smith will chair the new working group The Scottish Government is to work with key stakeholders to ensure the right skills are available for housing and construction developments.

Plans have been unveiled to transform Edinburgh’s neglected Leith Theatre into a year-round live music venue with a £7 million makeover. The facility is being lined up to reopen for regular events within months under a vision aimed at transforming it into one of Scotland's leading indoor concert