Glasgow

More than £100 million of development funding has been invested to date to increase the number of affordable homes in Glasgow as part of the city's housing strategy, a Glasgow City Council committee heard yesterday.

Thenue Housing Association has awarded an £880,000 contract to refurbish 100-year-old red sandstone tenement flats in Glasgow.

Glasgow City Council has kick-started work to improve cycle and pedestrian infrastructure between the University of Glasgow and Govan as plans are also lodged for a proposed connecting bridge to Partick.

Plans to deliver a housing development at Govan Graving Docks appear to have been abandoned in favour of returning the site to industrial, heritage and cultural use.

Work has commenced on Glasgow's City Garden Apartments development as demolition begins at the site on St Georges Road.

Plans have been submitted for a block of flats in Cathcart in Glasgow's South Side. An application has been submitted to Glasgow City Council seeking permission in principle to build the flats at the junction of Newlands Road and Tankerland Road.

Principal contractor Linear Design & Construct has been appointed to complete works at Lancefield Quay in Glasgow.

The insures for Glasgow School of Art have raised legal proceedings in the Court of Session against the company that installed fire and security measures at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building that was destroyed by fire.

Councillors have approved plans by Keepmoat Homes to deliver 48 new homes on vacant land in Dalmarnock. The developer intends to build 34 three-bedroom homes, ten two-bedroom properties and four four-bedroom townhouses for private sale at a site bordered by Carstairs Street, French Street, Webs

The landmark former Watt Brothers department store in Glasgow has been purchased by Sandy and James Easdale in a rejuvenation plan expected to cost more than £20 million. The historic building, which is situated from Sauchiehall Street to Bath Street in the city centre, has been vacant since t

The façade and towers of an important historical building in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow will be saved under a new plan which will also bring much-needed new housing to the east end of the city.

Partick Housing Association (PHA) has submitted a planning application to transform a vacant office block on Great Western Road.

hub West Scotland and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) have welcomed a significant milestone for the delivery of acute mental health wards in Stobhill after practical completion was achieved on the facilities.

The R&A is planning to take over a golf course currently owned by Glasgow City Council and invest £10 million to deliver a golfing experience and visitor attraction.

All-trades contractor McGill has secured another large contract with long-standing client Govanhill Housing Association. McGill will complete housing repairs and refurbishment works in 52 properties, in a deal worth £2.3 million.