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Doubt has arisen over the £850 million redevelopment of the St James Centre in Edinburgh following a legal challenge over ownership of the site. Work is due to start on the project next month to create a new St James Quarter with shops, hotels, leisure complex and apartments.

The former Stow College The Glasgow School Art (GSA) has announced major plans for its campus on Garnethill and the acquisition of the former Stow College.

The German government has objected to plans for 98 homes at Park Quadrant in the West End of Glasgow. A planning application for the £35 million project was lodged last month by Leeds-based developer Expresso Property, which acquired the land overlooking Kelvingrove Park from Glasgow City Council f

Shandon Garden AMA Homes has become the first housebuilder in Scotland to secure investment from the UK government’s Housing Growth Partnership initiative.

A £4 million redevelopment of Dalkeith Country Park is set to create around 50 jobs. A new retail, food, drink and wellbeing space, named the Restoration Yard, will take pride of place in the park’s previous stableyard area alongside the magical new Fort Douglas playground.

Proposals for 100 new homes in Leven have been approved by Fife councillors. Campion Homes wants to extend the town’s north-eastern boundary with the development planned for land off Cupar Road.

New College Lanarkshire’s top performing female Construction Pre Apprentices (from left) Shannon Docherty, Antonia Collins, Kait Finnan, Dainah Smith, Sophie McRobie Female construction students at New College Lanarkshire are demolishing myths about the building trades just being jobs for the boys

The Peter Vardy CarStore in Braehead Peter Vardy CarStore gets the green light in Dundee

FC Barcelona has unveiled plans to redevelop its stadium and extend its capacity to 105,000, all while hosting a full schedule of games. Presented its new designs yesterday, the club said that the New Camp Nou will be “a stadium for the 21st century that emphasizes the spirit of wanting to be open

Nicola Sturgeon The SNP has pledged to build the infrastructure that Scotland needs to grow, with almost £20 billion of investment in roads, rail, schools and 50,000 new homes, should it win the upcoming Holyrood election.

Plans by Edinburgh Printmakers to create a new creative hub in Fountainbridge have edged closer following a £1.9 million grant from the Scottish Government. The cash takes the art charity to 90 per cent of its target £11m funding total, prompting it to appeal to the public to help raise the remain

Bowmer and Kirkland has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell through a void. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how a worker employed by a sub-contractor working for the Derbyshire firm was contracted to pour concrete onto the first floor of a building that was under construction

An Aberdeenshire architect-led construction firm is expanding into Glasgow after a successful period of growth. Banchory-based Dab Den, which designs and builds contemporary new build houses, house extensions, and luxury garden rooms, said the new office will “offer all the services currently prov

Mark Friars By Mark Friars, interior designer at Ryden

Alford Community Campus The development of the new Alford Community Campus and Noss Primary School have earned national recognition for raising the bar for considerate construction.