Edinburgh

Lord Hardie The Edinburgh trams inquiry could result in criminal prosecutions, according to its chair Lord Hardie.

Oxgangs Primary School was the first school in Edinburgh to close Campaigners have called for a “root and branch inquiry” into public private partnerships (PPP) after building defects were uncovered in schools across Edinburgh earlier this year.

Councillor Andrew Burns All 17 Edinburgh schools which were closed after structural faults raised safety fears have reopened ahead of schedule with the final two handed back to the City of Edinburgh Council yesterday.

Plans to transform Edinburgh’s former Royal High School into a new music school and concert venue have been recommended for approval. Formally submitted by the Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) in December last year, officials said the plans to bring the A-listed building back

A man who died after being found injured in an Edinburgh street has been identified as a workman who had fallen 40ft from a flat above. The 56-year-old, who has not been named, had been carrying out restoration work on a flat in Fettes Row in the New Town area when he fell around into the grounds be

Heart of Midlothian Football Club has formally submitted a planning application for a new Main Stand at its Tynecastle stadium. The next stage of the Tynecastle redevelopment will see the stadium transformed into a 20,000-plus capacity stadium in time for the 2017-18 season.

Plans for the redeveloped Darwin Building, Robertson has started work on a £12 million contract to transform the University of Edinburgh’s Darwin building.

Forty acres of land for a residential led mixed-use development in Edinburgh has been put up for sale by the National Grid. The Forthquarter site in Granton – which includes the Granton gasholder – has been put up for sale in a bid to deliver much needed family housing to meet unsatisfied demand

Work to transform a tired 1960s office block in Edinburgh’s West End gets underway this week. The refurbishment of Randolph House in Charlotte Lane will create more than 9,000 sq ft of contemporary, bright, open-plan office accommodation extending over three floors.

Plans have been unveiled to renovate the Royal Bank of Scotland’s former home on Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square into luxury serviced apartments, restaurants, bars, retail outlets and a gym. The former banking hall will be transformed into a 200-cover bar and restaurant while city restaurant Bon Vi

Proposals have been submitted for a development of 425 homes at the Leith docklands. CALA Management has put forward its plans for Waterfront Plaza, following engagement with the widely supportive local community which led to notable amendments.

John McAslan + Partners has won an international competition to design the new Geosciences Building for the University of Edinburgh. The 17,500 sqm project on the King’s Building campus consolidates the existing accommodation into one building.

Plans have been unveiled to transform the BHS store in Edinburgh’s Princes Street into two new shops, a hotel and restaurant. The £50 million overhaul will see the B-listed property subdivided to form a 50,000sq/ft retail unit fronting onto both Princes Street and Rose Street, a 140 bed hotel and

The Atria building in Edinburgh Edinburgh’s commercial property market saw a positive second quarter in 2016 despite the ‘tailwinds’ brought on by United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union, according to analysis by Knight Frank.

The cost of the inquiry into why the Edinburgh trams project was massively over-budget and completed five years later than planned has now soared to £3.7 million, according to new figures. The investigation into what went wrong with the £776m project was set up by the then First Minister Alex Salm