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Gill Henry, head of business development at The Cruden Group and project director of the Social Bite Village In February of this year, Gill Henry, head of business development at The Cruden Group, agreed to take on the role of project director for the Social Bite Village in Edinburgh.

The £200 million regeneration scheme currently transforming the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town has won another of the Scottish property industry’s most prestigious accolades. The New Waverley development scooped the top award for the Commercial Project of the Year at the 2017 Herald Property Awa

The search for a contractor to extend Edinburgh’s tram system to Newhaven is to commence after the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the proposal was approved yesterday by the local authority. Published by the City of Edinburgh Council last month, the OBC set out the findings and recommendations res

Plans for works at Picardy Place in Edinburgh are set to go in front of the public this weekend. Forming a principal public road junction to the north east of Edinburgh City Centre, Picardy Place lies within the Edinburgh World Heritage Site and the New Town Conservation Area. As part of the wider o

Glencairn Properties has unveiled detailed plans for a new canal side housing and commercial development in the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh. The city-based developer has designed a mix of apartments with associated landscaping and parking creating a frontage to Lower Gilmore Place and to the Un

With demolition across the £1 billion Edinburgh St James site continuing to progress well, TH Real Estate and main contractor Laing O’Rourke have revealed new investment figures which reaffirm their commitment to the city. To date, the 1.7m sq ft scheme has sourced £24 million of construction va

NHS Lothian has reached an agreement with property developer Downing Group for the sale of the current Royal Hospital for Sick Children site in Edinburgh. The deal, which is believed to be in the region of £20 million, will see the Liverpool-based developer take ownership of the site when patients

Five ambitious active travel proposals from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Inverness have been successful in the final judging of the Sustrans Scotland’s Community Links PLUS (CLPLUS) competition. Run by Sustrans and funded by the Scottish Government, the competition delivers pioneering and game

Architect designs revealing the planned look and feel for Edinburgh’s new Meadowbank Stadium have been revealed as the flagship venue prepares to shut its doors after a run of almost 50 years. The stadium, which was built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games, will close on December 3 to mark the start

Regeneration firm Urban Union and architects Barton Willmore have submitted plans for the next phase of regeneration at the Pennywell Living development to the City of Edinburgh Council. The application includes plans for 315 dwellings, landscaping and associated drainage and infrastructure at the s

Developers behind plans to turn the former Royal High School in Edinburgh into a hotel are to appeal against last month’s refusal of their latest plans. Duddingston House Properties and Urbanist Hotels want to redevelop the A-listed building on Calton Hill, which has lain empty for almost 50 years

Enabling work has started for the construction of 316 new homes in North Sighthill after Keepmoat Regeneration finalised contracts with the City of Edinburgh Council. The development of the derelict site at Calder Road / Broomhouse Road in the south west of the city will see 96 new affordable homes

Former City of Edinburgh Council leader Donald Anderson has accused the arms-length company TIE of deliberately misleading the council over important information regarding the city’s tram project. Mr Anderson, who was council leader when the project was given the go-ahead, told an inquiry that TIE

The Millerhill Resource and Energy Recovery Centre Trade unions GMB Scotland and Unite have accused construction giant Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) of treating workers and politicians with “utter contempt” following its response to social dumping fears on the Millerhill Recycling & Energy Recov

Kintore House Glasgow-based building services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has been appointed to deliver a turnkey M&E solution for the refurbishment and fit out of Kintore House located in Edinburgh’s city centre.