Edinburgh

Advocate’s Close The regeneration of Advocate’s Close in Edinburgh has received the coveted Project of the Year Award at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Scotland Awards 2015.

Jestico + Whiles have submitted a formal planning application for the construction of a signature hotel at the heart of Edinburgh’s St James Centre £850 million redevelopment. The London based architects were appointed by TIAA Henderson Real Estate to create a ‘landmark’ build for the mall

A newly formed Scottish charitable trust has submitted proposals to the City of Edinburgh Council to restore the Old Royal High School as a new home for St Mary’s Music School. Under the proposals, The Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) wishes to conserve the iconic Thomas Hamilton maste

The Edinburgh trams inquiry into why the project took so long and overran its budget could take as long as two years to complete. The inquiry, led by Lord Hardie, will unlikely call witnesses before the autumn which means the report is not expected to be published before well into 2016.

Persimmon Homes East Scotland has started work on a 20 acre housing development in South Gyle, Edinburgh and is poised to begin a £17.6 million housing development in Larbert. In Edinburgh, Persimmon has started building 204 properties at its £24 million development named Station Mews at the histo

The renovation of University of Edinburgh’s historic McEwan Hall has been won by Interserve with a bid of £19.1 million. The university says that its vision is to restore the Grade ‘A’ listed building to its former glory while taking the opportunity to open the ceremonial hall for the wider u

Royal Bank of Scotland has provided student accommodation developer Ziggurat with a finance facility of almost £30 million to help fund the construction of a major project in the city and support the firm’s wider growth. Ziggurat, which was founded in the capital by Jim Pike and colleague Matthew

New road and rail links to Edinburgh Airport and an extended Borders Railway are among major projects being drawn up by a partnership of local authorities, under ambitious £1 billion city deal plans announced today. The Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region – comprising Edinburgh, Borders

The original design for Usher Hall Original architectural drawings of the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, which have not been seen in public since 1910, will be displayed for the first time in the concert hall between 12 May and 1 September 2015.

Two young patients marked the start of construction at the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh earlier this week. The £150 million building, which is anticipated to open in autumn 2017, will see services from the Royal Hospital for Sick Childre

The University of Edinburgh is to create a new biology complex with world-leading laboratory space for 350 researchers and to establish a new Centre for Tissue Repair, thanks to a £25.7 million investment by the UK government. The two projects are the only Scottish bids to secure funding in a fierc

Graham Rennie The developer behind the £500 million landmark mixed-use Quartermile development has promoted Graham Rennie to the role of project management director.

The University of Edinburgh is seeking a contractor to build its new £28m Data Technology Institute. Designed by Bennetts Associates, the Data Technology Institute is to be the third and final phase of the University’s Potterrow development. The first two phases were constructed and completed in

Blair Melville Homes for Scotland has welcomed the news that the first two of eight major planning appeals called in for determination by the Scottish Government have been approved.

McAleer & Rushe has bagged a hat-trick of hotel wins with a £19m contract to build 146-bedroom Adagio Aparthotel for Artisan Real Estate Investors on its New Waverley regeneration scheme in central Edinburgh.