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NHS Lothian has reached an agreement with property developer Downing Group for the sale of the current Royal Hospital for Sick Children site in Edinburgh. The deal, which is believed to be in the region of £20 million, will see the Liverpool-based developer take ownership of the site when patients

Five ambitious active travel proposals from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and Inverness have been successful in the final judging of the Sustrans Scotland’s Community Links PLUS (CLPLUS) competition. Run by Sustrans and funded by the Scottish Government, the competition delivers pioneering and game

Architect designs revealing the planned look and feel for Edinburgh’s new Meadowbank Stadium have been revealed as the flagship venue prepares to shut its doors after a run of almost 50 years. The stadium, which was built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games, will close on December 3 to mark the start

Regeneration firm Urban Union and architects Barton Willmore have submitted plans for the next phase of regeneration at the Pennywell Living development to the City of Edinburgh Council. The application includes plans for 315 dwellings, landscaping and associated drainage and infrastructure at the s

Developers behind plans to turn the former Royal High School in Edinburgh into a hotel are to appeal against last month’s refusal of their latest plans. Duddingston House Properties and Urbanist Hotels want to redevelop the A-listed building on Calton Hill, which has lain empty for almost 50 years

Enabling work has started for the construction of 316 new homes in North Sighthill after Keepmoat Regeneration finalised contracts with the City of Edinburgh Council. The development of the derelict site at Calder Road / Broomhouse Road in the south west of the city will see 96 new affordable homes

Former City of Edinburgh Council leader Donald Anderson has accused the arms-length company TIE of deliberately misleading the council over important information regarding the city’s tram project. Mr Anderson, who was council leader when the project was given the go-ahead, told an inquiry that TIE

The Millerhill Resource and Energy Recovery Centre Trade unions GMB Scotland and Unite have accused construction giant Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) of treating workers and politicians with “utter contempt” following its response to social dumping fears on the Millerhill Recycling & Energy Recov

Kintore House Glasgow-based building services provider Arc-Tech (Scotland) Ltd has been appointed to deliver a turnkey M&E solution for the refurbishment and fit out of Kintore House located in Edinburgh’s city centre.

Developers have vowed to carry on their plans to turn the former Royal High School into a luxury hotel after the proposal was unanimously rejected by the City of Edinburgh Council yesterday following a six hour hearing. Duddingston House Properties and Urbanist Group proposed turning the historic bu

Artist’s impression of the tram at Ocean Drive The Outline Business Case (OBC) for taking Edinburgh’s tram service down to Leith and Newhaven has been published by the local authority.

How the overall King’s Stables Road development will look Plans for a mixed-use development on a vacant site in Edinburgh’s Old Town have been revised to include new affordable homes instead of an arts quarter.

An Edinburgh hotel that puts profits back into advancing surgical standards worldwide to improve patient outcomes is to undergo an £8.5 million 52-room expansion. Following record occupancy numbers, Ten Hill Place is increasing to 129 rooms – close to a 70% increase on its current provision of 77

Revised plans to turn the Old Royal High School building into a luxury hotel have been recommended refusal by City of Edinburgh Council planning officials. Developers behind the proposals, Duddingston House Properties and Urbanist Group, unveiled a scaled-back vision for the site in February after a

Liberton High School No one was to blame for the “inherently unstable” wall which led to the death of a schoolgirl in Edinburgh, a fatal accident inquiry has ruled.