Edinburgh

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has completed the major refurbishment of Poppy Scotland’s Lady Haig Poppy Factory in Edinburgh, where all items for the Scottish Poppy Appeal are manufactured. Work included a comprehensive refurbishment of the factory, stores, and office areas,

Two innovative construction festivals are taking place in Edinburgh as part of Scottish Careers Week with over 120 school pupils attending. The two events, at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre (Wednesday 9 November) and Gate 55 Community Centre (Thursday 10 November), have invited local schools to

Cala Homes (East) has confirmed an agreement worth £2.995 million with Manor Estates Housing Association (MEHA) to deliver much-needed affordable homes at a famous setting. The developer, which has recently started construction on its Queensferry Heights project on land made available after th

Ground has broken on a new hands-on learning centre at Scottish charity Harmeny Education Trust’s 35-acre estate, designed by Loader Monteith with Studio SJM Architects. Located just south of Edinburgh, Harmeny Education Trust provides education, care and therapeutic support to young people wi

Final developed design elements for a project to transform the heart of Edinburgh’s First New Town have been published as part of the latest phase in the design process - Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stage 3. If recommendations are approved, the George Street and Firs

The City of Edinburgh Council is being urged to rethink its plans if it is to deliver the thousands of new homes it needs by 2030, in the light of a new report from planning and development consultancy Lichfields. The ‘Start to Finish City of Edinburgh’ Insight report comes as the draft

Heart of Midlothian FC has submitted plans to create a 22-room hotel within Tynecastle Stadium. Plans lodged with City of Edinburgh Council state that the new bedrooms will be located in a disused section of the main stand which was previously granted consent for use as hospitality lounges and offic

BAM has announced three new lettings at its Grade A office Capital Square in Edinburgh, taking the development to almost 90% occupancy. Following its acquisition of civil engineering firm Peter Brett Associates, Stantec is relocating staff based across two Edinburgh offices (in Eastfield House and R

Lab space developer and operator Pioneer Group has begun work on 20,000 square feet of high-quality purpose-built lab space at the company’s Edinburgh Technopole campus. Branded Moubray, the new building will see Pioneer Group’s footprint in Scotland grow to over 238,000 square feet

An Edinburgh sports centre and a primary school in Morningside, both designed by architects Holmes Miller, will go head-to-head later this month in a bid to take home a top architectural award. Meadowbank Sports Centre and Canaan Lane Primary School are both shortlisted in the ‘Large Project&r

A strong third quarter for take-up has helped the Edinburgh office market defy the economic gloom, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy found that 121,236 sq. ft. of office space was transacted in Edinburgh city centre between July and Septembe

A new development of up to 1,200 new homes, a neighbourhood centre and a primary school is being proposed at Hatton Mains in Edinburgh. Urban design consultancy Pegasus has filed a proposal of application notice for the plan on behalf of Inverdunning (Hatton Mains) Ltd and landowner W&S Crawford

International architecture practice John Robertson Architects (JRA) has added to its established offices in central London and Poland with a new studio in Edinburgh. Led by associate director Angela St Clair-Ford, the studio on George Street will focus on interior design projects, as well as su

The final sections of Trams to Newhaven track in Edinburgh are soon to be laid as the project prepares for the electrification of the full line. Energisation of newly installed overhead lines during November and December will allow a testing and commissioning period to begin at the start of 2023.

Plans have now been submitted for a £100 million redevelopment of the former Scottish Widows headquarters in Edinburgh. Schroders Capital Real Estate hopes to open up the site to allow the development of a new residential quarter. A total of 194 flats – 35% of them affordable &