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The Austrian government has won a court case allowing it to finally impose a compulsory purchase order on the owner of Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in order to take ownership of the controversial address. The conclusion of a what has been a saga of various legal battles paves the way for a refurb

The Edinburgh Marina development in Granton’s Western Harbour, which will see the creation of over 1,850 new homes for Edinburgh and 850 new jobs has been given a resounding stamp of approval by a Scottish Government Reporter.

Work is set to get under way this month in preparation for construction of North Ayrshire’s new £27.7m Additional Support Needs (ASN) campus and Respite and Residential facility in Stevenston. 

HFD Group has unveiled a state-of-the-art 3D, CGI fly-through video for its new 177 Bothwell Street development, which is set to become Glasgow’s largest and most ambitious office building.

Hillcrest Housing Association is set to begin a 119 new home development programme costing £13 million in Dundee’s City Quay next month.

The University of St Andrews has embarked on a £3.75m energy conservation overhaul to reduce its carbon footprint by 950 tonnes a year and save £650,000, a year in operating costs.

Plans for the creation of a tourist resort worth £60 million to be built next to Gleneagles hotel have been revealed. Developers are drawing up plans for nearly 200 bespoke lodges across 60 acres of land just north of the five-star hotel.

Avison Young has expanded its transactional team in Scotland following five new appointments, three of which are into senior roles. Douglas Wood and Ben Farrell, both previously with Montagu Evans, will form the Glasgow arm of the Avison Young investment capability as director and associate respecti

Brodies partner Neil Collar outlines how retirement living is addressed in the Planning (Scotland) Bill, which received Royal Assent last month. Retirement living – meeting the housing needs for older people – is addressed in the plan-making provisions in the Planning (Scotland) Bill.

The publication of an Audit Scotland review of the payments made to contractors working on the scandal hit Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Young People in Edinburgh leaves more questions than answers, Scottish Labour has warned.  The audit was completed before the ventilation issues with t

A former disused building on Ardrishaig's waterfront has been redeveloped and reopened in the first stage of a regeneration of the area.

A man has admitted his involvement in an £86,000 forklift ram-raid on a Co-op store in the border town of Gretna.

Bancon Construction has secured a raft of new contracts worth more than £20 million, including significant wins in Inverness. The company has been awarded affordable housing contracts in Inverness with Albyn Housing for 46 units at Torbreck and 36 units at Kinmylies for Highland Council, as we

Morgan Sindall Construction has handed over a new £20 million state-of-the health and care centre in Glasgow city centre.

Housebuilder Mactaggart & Mickel has secured approval for 88 new family homes in Drymen, of which a significant number will be affordable properties for rent and possibly sale.