Edinburgh

Main contractor Clark Contracts has given a sneak peek behind the scenes of the £6.7 million scheme to restore Edinburgh’s historic Saughton Park – the largest project of its kind in Scotland. Transport and environment vice convener, Councillor Karen Doran, joined local councillors in Monday to

Holmes Miller has unveiled its designs for a new multi use events space for the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh. As one of the key venues of the Royal Highland Show, the building will have an important role on the five days of the event – but Holmes Miller said it has designed with versatility

Fresh proposals to breathe new life into one of Edinburgh’s most distinctive old school buildings have been submitted for approval. Plans for the sympathetic restoration of the former Boroughmuir High School had been revisited prior to a community event as developer CALA Homes took on board a rang

A four-acre mixed-use development site in Edinburgh has been acquired by M&G Real Estate for £49.1 million. With a gross development value of circa £280 million, The Haymarket site has planning permission for the development of three Grade A office buildings totalling 350,000 sq ft, provision

Scottish Rugby has applied for planning permission to install a new playing venue in the grounds of BT Murrayfield. Intended to be the new home of Edinburgh Rugby, the 7,800-capacity venue would be located on a section of land currently used as training pitches.

The Crescent at Donaldson’s School CALA Homes and Evans Property Group have secured a £21 million joint funding package from Barclays to support the development of 84 residential apartments located in the grounds of the Playfair designed Donaldson’s School in Edinburgh.

Ogilvie Construction has broken ground on a £9.3 million development of waterside apartments in Currie for Dunaven Homes. The development, called River Mill, will comprise 53 two and three bedroom apartments over six blocks, which will be built in two phases. The apartments will be finished to a hi

The City of Edinburgh Council’s award-winning house building programme is looking to establish a Framework Agreement of affordable housing contractors to deliver high quality homes across the city. The council has an ambitious programme to construct 10,000 new affordable homes by 2027 and plans to

Aerial view of The Engine Yard on Leith Walk, Edinburgh New images have been released which show the extent the £75 million Engine Yard development will transform a 4.5 acre neglected brownfield site on Leith Walk, providing much needed housing in a new community close to Edinburgh city centre.

Qmile Group CEO, Paul Curran, said the company’s ambition is to expand across key UK cities Two directors of Edinburgh-based property developer Quartermile Developments have launched a new development company following a successful management buyout (MBO).

Talented engineers of the future have completed an immersive introduction to the industry thanks to a partnership between Robertson and the Constructionarium initiative. Forty-five second year civil engineering, quantity surveying and project management students from Heriot-Watt University spent a w

Image by 3DReid Architectural practice 3DReid has been enlisted to design the transformation of the Grade A-listed Buchan House on Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square into a boutique Malmaison hotel.

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has delivered a comprehensive range of construction services to the new £1.2 million Howat Foundation CCLASP Centre in Edinburgh. Situated next to the new Sick Kids hospital in Little France, enabled by a generous donation from the Howat Foundation, t

ISG has been selected to deliver two new multi-million pound hotel projects in Edinburgh city centre. Both schemes will transform underused properties and cumulatively add 417 new hotel rooms to the city.

Social enterprise Social Bite has officially launched its village in Edinburgh which aims to tackle homelessness by providing a safe living environment for around 20 people per year. Developed on vacant land in Granton, the Social Bite Village is made up of 11 two-bedroom nest houses intended to pro