Edinburgh

A regeneration project at Granton Waterfront will take a step forward next month when the City of Edinburgh Council will begin an intensive six month period of public engagement into plans to deliver a vibrant, well connected, new city quarter. The council’s vision for the area is for around 4

A decision on whether to extend Edinburgh’s trams to Newhaven has been delayed until early 2019 to allow extra time for due diligence and evaluation of the final submissions, it was announced today. Tenders for the £165 million project were received in early September and the City of Edi

Willmott Dixon is aiming to build the UK’s first Passivhaus school in the London Borough of Sutton Councillors in Edinburgh have approved funding proposals which will see the first Passivhaus schools in Scotland constructed in the capital.

Heritage campaigners have lodged a formal objection to a proposed new concert hall in Edinburgh, claiming it is “too large and too tall” and will ruin views of the historic Royal Bank of Scotland building. David Chipperfield Architects’ plans will see the city’s first purpose

A district heating network is set to service a new housing development in Edinburgh. Located on Greendykes Road, Craigmillar, the development is being constructed on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council comprising 75 affordable homes and is set to be complete in early 2019.

Global asset manager Aberdeen Asset Investments has appointed akp to deliver the refurbishment of one of Edinburgh’s most esteemed business addresses, Hobart House. Set to provide an open plan ‘defurbished’ space, akp will be refurbishing windows, installing new ceilings, carrying out extensiv

Councillors have appointed Graham Construction to build the new state-of-the-art Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. A report to the City of Edinburgh Council’s finance and resources committee yesterday recommended the contractor as the preferred bidder to demolish the existing building and con

A major redevelopment of the Western Harbour area of Leith including the delivery of around 1,600 new low cost rental homes has cleared a key planning hurdle. A revised design framework (RDF) brought forward by site owner Forth Ports was unanimously approved yesterday by councillors on the developme

The new face of a £20 million hotel built on a key gap site in Edinburgh’s historic city centre has been unveiled after more than two years hidden under scaffolding. The frontage of the 98-room design led Market Street Hotel situated right in the heart of Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage and O

Mechanical and electrical services contractor Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has successfully been appointed to a City of Edinburgh Council school contract on behalf of Maxi Construction Ltd.

Moda Living has secured new institutional investment to fund seven new city centre build-to-rent schemes across the UK, including two in Scotland. The new joint venture between Moda’s backers Apache Capital and North American investment house Harrison Street, with additional investment from th

Sixty jobs are to be created as budget hotel chain Travelodge moves to open new hotels in Glasgow and Edinburgh as part of a £100 million expansion plan. The firm is searching for a further 10 hotel sites close to the UK’s biggest conference and event venues.

Royal Bank of Scotland has today officially released for sale its former office and data centre site at Dundas Street in the heart of Edinburgh’s New Town. Branded ‘New Town North’, the 5.89 acre plot is the largest site to be sold in the city for more than a decade and is expected

Plans to deliver Scotland’s first purpose-built film and TV studio on the outskirts of Edinburgh appear to have suffered a major blow following a ruling by the Scottish Land Court. Farmer Jim Telfer had faced eviction from his smallholdings at Damhead where Scottish Ministers formally granted plan

Drum Property Group has revealed high levels of public support for its planning application which is set to transform Stead’s Place, near the foot of Leith Walk. More than 2,000 letters of support for Drum’s development proposals have been lodged with the City of Edinburgh Council in adv