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Specialist student accommodation provider Alumno Group has submitted plans for purpose-built student accommodation, including ground-floor commercial space, at Jock’s Lodge in Edinburgh. Located on the corner of Restalrig Road South and London Road, the development will include 191 student roo

Affordable housing specialists Cullross Ltd will shortly unveil plans to build 72 flats on the site of the former Oxygen nightclub on Brown Street, Dundee. The proposed development would include a mix of one- and two-bedroom flats, with workshop and commercial units at ground floor.

Lee Sturdy has joined Kier in the newly created role of science and technology director for its construction business. The move will see Lee lead on Kier Construction’s life sciences capability, setting the strategic direction as it expands its work in this rapidly growing, specialist sec

A deal has been agreed to purchase three areas of land that will accelerate plans to create a new community hub in Gartcosh. The proposed new building will incorporate a replacement of the existing Gartcosh Primary School (with increased capacity from 188 to 434 places), new Additional Support Needs

Just over £2 million has been secured from Sustrans' Places for Everyone Fund to support the development of Glasgow's proposals for the city network for walking, wheeling and cycling and the Liveable Neighbourhoods project.

Design work is ongoing on a cycle path to link Stoneyburn to Fauldhouse.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has begun its search for 2023’s top construction managers and industry leaders with the launch of the annual CIOB Awards. The prestigious awards, formerly known as the Construction Manager of the Year Awards (CMYA), were first held in 1978 and are oft

The Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) is set to double its workforce with a £2 million investment in a new renewables division of the business. The major expansion will see staff numbers rise to more than 70 over the course of the next 12 months as the firm transitions into low-carbon heating alt

Cala Group has pointed to the Conservatives’ controversial mini-budget last autumn for disrupting an overall “excellent” year in 2022 for the housebuilder.

Following final scrutiny by Scottish Ministers, and in line with a decision taken by Aberdeenshire Council on September 21 last year, the Aberdeenshire Local Development Plan 2023 has now been adopted.

The City of Edinburgh Council has teamed up with environmental charity Changeworks to help homeowners transform the energy efficiency of their homes. Making 166 homes in Oxgangs warmer and fit for the future by improving external wall insulation, more than 50 properties have already received major i

A 3D printer weighing more than 12 tons is creating what is believed to be the first 3D-printed, two-storey home in the United States.

Cala Homes (North) has submitted a planning application to Aberdeenshire Council for proposed new homes in the village of Newmachar.

Real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its Capital Markets team in Scotland with a key senior appointment. Andrew Shiells has joined the firm as a senior director from JLL. He has over 20 years’ investment experience, advising a broad range of national and international clients in the comme

Cushman & Wakefield’s Scottish business chair David Davidson is to retire in March after a 31-year career with the firm and will be succeeded as head of capital markets Scotland by Stephen Bibby. Mr Davidson joined Cushman & Wakefield in 1992 to lead what was then Healey & Baker&rs