Building Briefs - October 21st

• Green light for River Clyde urban park expansion

The nine-hectare development by regeneration initiative Clyde Gateway includes open space, a path network, woodland planting, land regrading, a boardwalk and street furniture plus more car parking.

The overall Cuningar Loop extends to approximately 27 hectares.

Development of the woodland park, which is located off Downiebrae Road, was split into two phases with phase one approved in 2013.

The site for phase two mainly comprises trees, bushes and scrub vegetation.

• Dundee set for more electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Almost £420,000 of new electric vehicle charging infrastructure could be set for Dundee if councillors back the move next week.

Charging points at Dundee City Council facilities to boost the local authority’s growing electric fleet plus a tender to install on-street “pop-up” chargers at five sites will be discussed by the city development committee.

Swarco UK are recommended for £305,5000 worth of work to install infrastructure at Clepington Road and Caird Park depots as well as Claverhouse Industrial Estate.

Tayside Contracts have been recommended as the successful bidder for the pop-up chargers at Yarrow Terrace, Blackness Road, Dudhope Street, Findale Street and South Victoria Dock Road at a cost of £113,000.

If the tenders are approved by the city development committee, which meets on Monday, all of the work will be completed by March 2021.

• New show penthouse opens at ‘iconic’ Glasgow building

A penthouse, boasting the works of key local artists, has been opened as a view flat for those interested in living in one of Glasgow most iconic buildings.

Cathcart House is a redevelopment of a landmark B-listed building providing 78 apartments with a mix of 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom flats and 2- bedroom penthouses.

Interested buyers can now visit the newly furnished penthouse with impressive views across Glasgow’s skyline and featuring unique art pieces from Glasgow-based local artists Fraser Taylor and Beth Shapeero. An additional newly furnished two-bedroom show flat has also opened for visitors.

All apartments in what once was Scottish Power’s HQ building provide stunning open plan living and Jackton Moor kitchens. Master bedrooms feature walk-in wardrobes and are en-suite, with prestigious Porcelanosa tiling.

The penthouses have full height glass doors from the living area and master bedroom to a private large terrace with stunning views across the city skyline to the Campsie Fells. There are also exclusive solar powered energy PV panels on the penthouse apartment roofs

As a listed building, Cathcart House retains its original hallway entrance and its marble staircase with decorative balustrades. The building is built of attractive red brick and there are lifts to all floors and allocated car parking space for the residents.

• Developers withdraw plans for new Perth mosque

Developers who had submitted finalised plans for a new mosque in Perth have now put the proposals on hold.

Trustees withdrew their plans for a mosque on Jeanfield Road on behalf of Perth Islamic Society.

Plans have been discussed for years, but not formalised until this summer.

If approved, the facility would have had a community centre, creche and education centre, along with parking spaces for vehicles and bikes.

• Shepherd’s Edinburgh office retains Dealmaker of the Year award for fourth year running

Emily Anderson, a surveyor in the Edinburgh commercial office of Shepherd Chartered Surveyors, has won commercial property bible Estates Gazette’s Dealmaker of the Year award for Edinburgh.

The win marks the fourth year in a row that Shepherd has won the award, with Anderson’s colleague Steven Clarke, an associate in the same department, having been presented with the accolade on the previous three occasions.

An undergraduate at Edinburgh University before studying Real Estate Management and Development MSc at Heriot Watt University, Anderson’s responsibilities at Shepherd include the processing of the sales, lettings and acquisitions of commercial properties within Edinburgh and the Lothians, as well as assisting the commercial valuation team.

Shepherd has also been crowned winner of Estates Gazette’s Most Active Agent for West Scotland and Highlands and East Scotland for the second year in succession. And Neil Calder, partner in the Inverness office, won the Dealmaker award for West Scotland and Highlands.

• Temporary diversion along section of A82 through Inverness next week

As part of ongoing works for the second stage of The Highland Council’s Inverness West Link project, motorists are being advised that the A82 will be closed on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th October from 09:30hrs to 16:00hrs between the new Torvean roundabout and Tomnahurich Swing Bridge. 

The temporary road closure is required so the final road surfacing can be completed safely. Next week sections of the new swing bridge are also due to be delivered and installed. 

During the temporary road closure access will be maintained for emergency vehicles, public transport and for any residents or business premises within the closed section.  For all other road users, a signed diversion will be in place via Kinmylies. 

On the lead up to the closures there will be preparatory works in the area so there will be 4-way traffic control on the new roundabout from today to Friday 23rd October and again on Monday 26th October and Tuesday 27th October so motorists are advised to allow extra time for their journeys. 

• Heriot wind farm development appeal rejected

A bid to overturn Scottish Borders Council’s refusal of a wind farm in has failed.

A Scottish Government reporter concluded the development near Heriot would have a “severely disruptive” effect on the landscape.

Energiekontor had appealed against the local authority’s rejection of its eight-turbine Wull Muir scheme.

However, a reporter said it “failed to respect” the character of the area and turned down the appeal.