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Work to develop a second set of Liveable Neighbourhoods in Glasgow will start soon after the appointment of two consultants to deliver early-stage work aimed at transforming communities into safer, more attractive spaces where everyday needs can be met locally. Funded by a Connecting Communities gra

Scottish Borders Council is holding two drop-in sessions to give the community an opportunity to have their say on options for a new care village development for the central Borders to be located in Tweedbank. Plans to develop the facility were agreed as part of the council budget approved on 19 Mar

A consultation has been announced for the final plans of 50 new homes at the former location of Garnock Academy. North Ayrshire Council is holding seeking views on the final plans to allow local residents a chance to view the plans for new housing, which includes a mix of general needs houses, ameni

An Aberdeenshire hotel has submitted plans to build flats to provide rent-free accommodation for employees. The MacRobert Trust, the owners of the Douneside House Hotel in Tarland, want to build eight one-bedroom flats on vacant land nearby its establishment.

The PRS REIT, the real estate investment trust that invests in new-build family rental homes for the private rented sector, has published its final results this morning. With 70 sites geographically widely spread including one in central Scotland, the company’s portfolio of homes and apar

Lord Willie Haughey has said that his ambitious plans to spend more than £1 billion on building 11,000 affordable homes in Scotland are on hold due to increased construction costs and the new freeze on rents. The business tycoon unveiled his housing project last year after

Heat energy is now being harnessed from visitors to a Glasgow arts venue. After three years of development, the radical new thermal heating and cooling system called BODYHEAT was activated at a special launch event at which SWG3 began officially harnessing body heat from visitors to the ve

MIXED USE and NON-RESIDENTIAL Applicant: Inverdunning (Hatton Mains) Ltd & W & S Crawford.

Housebuilder Avant Homes will deliver 167 homes at a new £57 million development in Robroyston after receiving planning approval from Glasgow City Council. The 17-acre site is located just off Daffodil Place, which the housebuilder purchased in February 2022.

The consortium behind the bid for a Forth Green Freeport have today unveiled their transformative vision for the port, shipbuilding, manufacturing and logistics cluster at Rosyth. Babcock International, Forth Ports Group and Scarborough Muir Group plan to deliver a new freight terminal, offshore ren

Lab space developer and operator Pioneer Group has begun work on 20,000 square feet of high-quality purpose-built lab space at the company’s Edinburgh Technopole campus. Branded Moubray, the new building will see Pioneer Group’s footprint in Scotland grow to over 238,000 square feet

An Edinburgh sports centre and a primary school in Morningside, both designed by architects Holmes Miller, will go head-to-head later this month in a bid to take home a top architectural award. Meadowbank Sports Centre and Canaan Lane Primary School are both shortlisted in the ‘Large Project&r

Former Bauer Media sales chief Jak Carlin has been added to the board of an energy sector education centre. Mr Carlin brings a wealth of marketing and business development experience to the advisory role with The Energy Training Academy CIC having spent eight years at Radio Forth, while he latterly

A strong third quarter for take-up has helped the Edinburgh office market defy the economic gloom, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that 121,236 sq. ft. of office space was transacted in Edinburgh city centre between July and Septembe

Mechanical and electrical subcontractor Castle Building Services has completed the first stage of a £60 million education facility in Winchburgh, West Lothian. The development is part of West Lothian Council’s biggest-ever investment in education which includes the construction of two se