Edinburgh

Nick Penny Edinburgh needs to re-align itself to focus more on opportunities outside its immediate boundaries in order to continue to meet the ever-growing demand for homes, offices and hotels and fully establish itself as a global city, according to new research from Savills.

A CGI of the new office development at New Waverley, Edinburgh. Speculative office development in Scotland has ground to a halt again bar selected schemes in Edinburgh, where vacancy continues to fall, according to Ryden’s 81st Scottish Property Review.

Resident Jakub Stojek at the Leith Fort develepment A partnership between Port of Leith Housing Association and the City of Edinburgh Council has delivered a new community of affordable homes in Leith.

Edinburgh has been ranked as having the second most sustainable transport network in the UK, and sits within the top 20 cities globally for the quality and effectiveness of its transport systems.

Architecture firm Sheppard Robson has received planning permission from the City of Edinburgh Council for a £19 million engineering, computer science and maths building at Heriot-Watt University. Located at the Riccarton Campus on the outskirts of West Edinburgh, the 5,200 m2 teaching and learning

Oberlanders’ Andrew Wilmot giving a walk and talk tour to the Oslo delegates at Holyrood North student accommodation, Edinburgh A 25-strong Norwegian delegation toured award-winning projects from Oberlanders Architects as part of a fact-finding visit to Edinburgh.

A new 237 bed purpose-built student accommodation development at The Old Printworks in Edinburgh has been completed in time for the 2017/18 academic year. Delivered by Crosslane Student Developments on behalf of the Unite Group, the £31 million development was completed by Ogilvie Construction and

The largest speculative office development currently underway in Edinburgh is set to be delivered by BAM Properties after the contractor struck a deal with Hermes Investment Management. Upon completion, Capital Square will be a premier 122,000 sq ft, eight-floor purpose-built office development desi

Businesses could save a third by locating 100 staff in Edinburgh compared to London, according to analysis in Knight Frank’s 2018 Global Cities report. For the first time, Knight Frank has compared the total cost of employing 100 people in the world’s leading cities, based on the cost of workspa

Edinburgh's 5 Advocate's Close was last night named among the best workplaces in the country at the British Council for Offices (BCO) annual National Awards, having been recognised as Highly Commended in the Projects up to 1,500 sq.m. category. The National Awards programme recognises top quality of

Poor construction and inadequate supervision was blamed for the collapse of the school wall at Oxgangs Primary School in 2016 A parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of the wall at Oxgangs Primary School in Edinburgh has raised “serious questions” about the practices of contractors resulting i

Edinburgh Park Property developer Parabola has unveiled “unashamedly ambitious” plans to transform around 43 acres of land south of Edinburgh Park into a £500 million ‘urban quarter’ complete with office space for 8,000 jobs and 1,800 homes.

GVA’s Peter Fraser on why proposals to extend the tram service to Leith could see the area’s conversion into one of the premier places in Edinburgh to live, work and visit. Other than the famous footballing rivalry between Hearts and Hibernian, you may struggle to find a more divisive subject in

Proposals to return whisky distilling to Leith, including designs for a ‘landmark’ 40-metre distillery tower, have been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. If given the go-ahead, the Port of Leith Distillery will be the first purpose-built single malt facility constructed in the capital

A development of 115 new homes in the Leith area of Edinburgh has been granted planning permission. The approval of Barratt Homes’ planning application will result in a mix of one, two and three bedroom apartments and colony homes to the north of the city, an area sought after by both families and