Aberdeen

Plans have been drawn up for a student housing complex on the derelict site in Aberdeen. Proposed by West Coast Estates, the development would see accommodation for up to 100 students built next to the Bobbin Mill pub at 500 King Street.

Hazlehead Park Proposals have been unveiled for a new hospital and retirement village in Aberdeen after a £50 million five-star country club complex plan was scrapped

Aberdeen City Council has chosen the team behind London's Olympic Park to draw up detailed design proposals for the city’s Union Terrace Gardens. LDA Design will lead the £17 million regeneration project Glasgow office.

Kier Construction Scotland has been awarded a £6.725 million contract by Aberdeen Performing Arts to carry out work at one of Scotland’s oldest and most historic concert halls. The transformation of Aberdeen Music Hall includes the restoration, redevelopment and upgrading work on this historic A-

Aberdeen City Council and Hilton have signed a franchise licence agreement to open a 200 room Hilton Hotels & Resorts property at the new Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC). Hilton Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, set to be the fourth Hilton property in the city, will

Peter Martin, Sanctuary Group’s director of development (left) with Kevin Stewart MSP The development of a former Aberdeen prison site into affordable homes for key workers is officially underway.

Work will begin on a £10.7 million car park at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in the next few weeks, NHS Grampian has confirmed. The 1,000-space parking facility, made possible by a £10m donation from the Wood Foundation, will take around 11 months to build.

Bucksburn Academy An independent report into Aberdeen schools built through Public Private Partnership (PPP) has confirmed that they have not suffered the same construction defects as those found in schools in Edinburgh.

Aerial view of Craibstone junction nearing completion The Craibstone and Dyce Drive junctions on the A96 (Inverurie Road) at Aberdeen Airport have become the first sections of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project to open to traffic.

Aberdeen City Council has approved a preferred option for a key junction for the £26.4 million Berryden Corridor Improvement Scheme. The scheme is designed to help traffic move around the city better and work alongside the improvements already delivered by the new crossing over the River Don which

Eastern view towards Hopetoun Terrace along Hopetoun Meadows Plans for the construction of 1,700 homes to the north of Aberdeen have been re-approved by councillors after it was brought back to the authority following a landmark legal ruling.

A glimpse of what can be expected at the new Countesswells community The first phase of a 3,000-home development at the Countesswells site in Aberdeen has been given the green light.

Jenny Laing Councillors in Aberdeen have agreed to progress plans for an arms-length external organisation (ALEO) to manage all the local authority’s energy-related activity.

CMS Window Systems has been appointed to work on a £30 million project to redevelop the prestigious Aberdeen Art Gallery. Working for main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey, the firm has been tasked with providing curtain walling as part of the two year project.

The Scottish Government has identified more than £30 million to deliver affordable housing throughout Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire over the next year. The £250m Aberdeen City Region Deal, which was announced in January, was accompanied by an additional £254m funding commitment from the Scottish Gov