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Knight Frank has appointed veteran office agent Simon Capaldi as the new head of its Glasgow office agency team. Mr Capaldi is more than 25 years qualified and has been with the independent commercial property consultancy in Edinburgh since 2013, becoming a partner four years later. He previous

Knight Frank has expanded its burgeoning project management service in Scotland with the appointment of Abbie Brown. Abbie joins the independent commercial property consultancy as a project manager in Edinburgh, providing support to developments across the country.

The "flight to quality" in Scottish offices continues to gather pace, pushing rents in Edinburgh and Glasgow to new heights this year despite wider economic uncertainty, new analysis from Knight Frank has revealed.

Scotland’s commercial property market attracted £750 million of investment in the first half of 2025, as investment markets paused for thought amid geopolitical tensions and a changing policy backdrop, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consu

Investment in Scottish commercial property totalled more than £300 million in the first quarter of 2025, marking a subdued beginning to the year, according to Knight Frank. The commercial property consultancy’s analysis of real capital analytics (RCA) data found that there were £31

Edinburgh office take-up rose more than 25% year-on-year during the first quarter of 2025, but the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic could curb activity for the remainder of the year, according to Knight Frank.

Commercial property rent disputes between landlords and occupiers in Scotland saw a decrease in 2024, despite continued rises in prime rents across major occupier markets, according to new Knight Frank analysis.

STV has become the latest tenant at Edinburgh's Orchard Brae House, taking 2,239 sq ft following a recent major refurbishment.

The industrial sector’s share of investment in Scottish commercial property has nearly doubled since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy’s analysis of Real Capital Analytics (RCA) data found

Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) accounted for 35% of the city’s take-up from industrial occupiers last year, rejuvenating the city’s southside and helping to deliver the third best year of the last decade.

Knight Frank has added to its consultancy services in Scotland with the appointment of experienced project manager David Robertson. David joins the independent commercial property consultancy from Gardiner & Theobald where he was a director, working across several high-profile commercial propert

A purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Edinburgh has been sold for more than £35 million to Legal & General (L&G), in the latest of a series of deals in the sector. Lower Gilmore Place, located in the city’s Fountainbridge area, has been acquired off-market by L&a

William Rankine discusses the impacts of recent events on the leisure sector and analyses trends and opportunities within specific sub-sectors. The leisure sector has been through huge amounts of change since the turn of the decade. It was not so long ago that hotels, leisure parks and resorts, and

Investment volumes in Scotland’s commercial property market bounced back last year, up 30% on the previous 12 months, as interest rates began to fall and a decisive election result boosted the UK’s status as a safe haven, according to analysis from Knight Frank. 

Knight Frank predicts that the utilities and information & communications sectors will dominate economic growth in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow through 2050. This growth will be buoyed by the transition to net zero and the rise of AI.