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Investment into mid-market senior living developments is needed to address the shortage of senior living facilities across the UK, according to a new report from real estate advisor CBRE. CBRE’s first senior living survey analysed responses from over 2,000 UK residents aged 55+ and found that

Developers behind the St Andrews West project have welcomed the first residents to their new homes. Currently on site building Phase One, and with a start on Phase Two imminent, HeadonS1 St Andrews is a joint venture between family-run developer teams Headon from St Andrews, and Edinburgh-based S1 D

A new housing development has just opened in Edinburgh for people with additional support needs that is set to transform the lives of its tenants. The development at Ford’s Road in the west end of the city was built by the charity Lar Housing Trust and is being hailed as the perfect example of

J3 Advisory has launched an online calculator that provides indicative costs of building warranties for new build and conversion schemes. The online tool is available for property developers and main contractors, as well as cost consultants.

A mountain of Lego found in a suburban drug raid is so large that Australian police are going to need a truck to seize it.

Building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out business Tilbury Douglas has been awarded the Braidhurst Industrial Estate Project by North Lanarkshire Council.

Building tender prices in Scotland rose by 1% in 3Q 2023 compared with 2Q 2023, and 5% in the year from 3Q 2022, according to findings of the newly formed BCIS Scottish Tender Price Assessment Panel (TPAP). Set up by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) in response to requests from subs

High-performance timber windows and doors manufacturer NorDan UK has invested £800,000 in a new Sustainability and Innovation Centre as part of a £2 million upgrade of its national headquarters in Livingston.

Responsible investor Downing LLP’s Property Finance Team has received a £75 million sustainability-linked facility from HSBC. Complementing the significant retail and institutional capital which Downing already has and is looking to deploy into the space, the additional funding will allo

Glasgow-headquartered multinational engineering company Weit Group has appointed Brian Puffer as its new chief financial officer and executive director, joining the board by 1 April 2024. Mr Puffer, who is currently serving as chief financial and risk officer at BP plc Integrated Supply and Trading,

Glasgow-based communications consultancy Perceptive Communicators has appointed construction industry leader Ed Monaghan as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Specialising in Scotland's built environment, Perceptive has a wide range of clients including Clyde Gateway, Cru

Legislation giving Scottish Ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings within scope with unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been published.

Drum Property Group has announced pre-tax profits of £9 million as the firm hailed another year of strong growth. The developer said it continued to deliver “transformational” developments across the residential, leisure and business space sectors in Scotland and beyond in its last

Scottish construction market activity fell for the fourth consecutive quarter with all subsectors now seeing either flat or falling workloads according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor.

This week West of Scotland Housing Association and development partners hub West Scotland and CCG (Scotland) unveiled a plaque to celebrate the Passivhaus certification of the landmark Springfield Cross social housing development in Glasgow’s East End — a significant milestone in the cit