Dundee

Plans have been submitted to rejuvenate a derelict Dundee city centre site with new flats and a retail unit. Dundee architects James Paul Associates has lodged proposals for the creation of an eight-storey block of 28 flats and a ground floor retail unit on the corner of Trades Lane and Seagate.

John Alexander Tens of millions of pounds worth of new homes are to be built in Dundee in a bid to tackle the city’s housing crisis.

Plans for 32 affordable homes have been submitted to Dundee City Council on behalf of Home Group. Developer Cruden Homes hopes to build the properties on the site of the former Longhaugh Neighbourhood Centre at Pitkerro Road.

Plans to transform a historic Dundee city centre mews into a new design hub have been approved by planners. Andrew Black Design submitted a planning application in November to transform the Tay Street Lane Mews into a contemporary business hub accommodating some of the best of Dundee’s creative ta

Plans have been lodged to create Dundee’s first drive-through coffee shop. Starbucks is poised to move into a unit just off the A90, creating 80 jobs.

Dundee City Council has launched a consultation over outsourcing its building and maintenance work to Tayside Contracts. First revealed in October, the proposals could see around 380 employees in the local authority’s construction and house maintenance departments have their contracts taken over b

Dundee-based bespoke joinery manufacturer and interior fit-out specialist, Bentleys Shopfitting Ltd, has announced it is the latest Scottish business to adopt an employee ownership model, with 50 staff now given the opportunity to become owners. Established in 1987, the Dundee-based company speciali

Amended plans are to be submitted for Dundee’s £21 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport after Dundee Football Club announced it was to withdraw its interest in the planned scheme. The new centre was to have provided training facilities for the club as well as being a training and competi

The Scottish Cities Alliance has today announced the Smart City projects that will be taken forward in order to transform Scotland’s seven cities into world-leading digital hubs. The Alliance, which is the collaboration of Scotland’s seven cities and the Scottish Government, aims to use Smart Ci

A £16 million project to build two new Dundee schools and community facilities could come a step closer next week should councillors approve a tender from Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd. The new build development in the Coldside area of the city will replace Our Lady’s RC and Rosebank primary sc

A new £17 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport in Dundee looks set to get the go-ahead after the centre was recommended for approval. Dundee City Council’s development management committee meets on Monday to decide the fate of the project.

A new garden room at Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital has been handed over to NHS Tayside following the delivery of a competition winning design by the Voigt Partnership. The newly completed Leaf Room was officially opened on November 11 by Shona Robison, cabinet secretary for health, wellbeing & s

A Dundee architects’ studio is planning to breathe new life into an historic city centre building by creating a design hub in the heart of the Cultural Quarter. Andrew Black Design, recent winners of the Supreme Award from the Dundee Institute of Architects, has submitted a planning application to

A competition has been launched by the Dundee Institute of Architects (DIA) for the public to submit ideas on how a site within the city’s Seabraes Yards could be used for children and young people. Renowned for its expertise in digital media and creative industries, the former railway goods yard

Dundee Repertory Theatre Architect Andrew Nicoll, who co-founded Broughty Ferry practice Nicoll Russell Studios, has died at the age of 76.