Places For People

Places for People has completed the acquisition of land at Beat Street East, part of the wider Edinburgh Park masterplan, in a move that will deliver 160 high-quality affordable homes for Edinburgh.

Places for People (PfP) has acquired land from The Grandhome Trust to deliver 84 new affordable homes as the final part of the first phase of Grandhome, a pioneering new community in Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.

Places for People has secured land on the outskirts of Edinburgh to bring forward more than 1,300 new homes.

Places for People has acquired part of the Blindwells development where it plans to build 135 new homes.

Places for People’s Alan Wharton has been recognised for his dedication to raising standards in housebuilding after winning the NHBC Pride in the Job Award for Scotland.   Alan beat stiff competition to take home the prestigious title in the Medium Housebuilder Category for his work on ou

Glasgow City Council has approved the bulk sale of 58 homes to Places For People through a change in development agreement for the Athletes’ Village Phase 2.

Procurement Hub and Places for People have been verified under Constructing Excellence’s ‘Gold Standard Verification Scheme’ for their Major Projects Framework (MPF2). Procurement Hub is part of Places for People, which now not only becomes the first social enterprise and the first

Scottish minister for housing Paul McLennan yesterday paid a visit to Longniddry Village, a development from Places for People and Cruden Homes in association with Wemyss and March Estates. Located on the East Lothian coast, the development’s current success represents the value and positive i

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) has committed a further £20 million to the Mid-Market Rent strategy managed by Thriving Investments, the social value and ESG-focused real estate fund manager. The bank’s follow-on investment will support the development of up to 100 new homes

The latest phase of new homes at Chapelton, Aberdeenshire’s vibrant new town, has been unveiled by Places for People.

By day, Lewis Mackinnon is a project manager for Places for People based at the Tornagrain housing development in the Highlands, but on Sunday he will be walking out in front of 60,000 people to take on giants Celtic FC at the iconic Celtic Park. Centre-back Lewis signed for Buckie Thistle, a footba

Following seven years of construction the final phase of Places for People’s The Engine Yard in Leith is now open. The iconic former tram depot originally opened in 1898 as the Shrubhill Tramway Workshops and Power Station, the workshops were where Edinburgh’s trams were built and mainta

The Wee House Company is celebrating a double win at the prestigious 2023 Herald Property Awards, having been crowned ‘Property Team of the Year’ and receiving a ‘highly commended’ accolade in the Best Family Home (Large) Category for its Caldwell View build. The Herald Prope

Construction work has commenced on a project to deliver 86 houses and 50 flats in Glasgow for the New Avenue Living Fund managed by PfP Capital. Swan Group has appointed McTaggart Construction to deliver the project which is due to be completed in 4Q of 2025.

Places for People has appointed Bell Group as part of its new four-year, major works investment programme to upgrade thousands of homes and generate hundreds of employment opportunities across its communities in Scotland.