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A building in Glasgow city centre which is the subject of an 11-storey residential development proposal was engulfed in a huge fire yesterday. Eleven fire crews — including two high reach units — tackled the fire on the corner of High Street and George Street which was reported around 1.

Scotland’s construction-led economic recovery is threatened by a combination of sharply rising prices, disrupted supply chains and a chronic shortage of labour as the consequences of a no-deal Brexit coupled with the impact of the Covid pandemic.

Construction firm JR Group has been awarded a contract to build new housing in Kirkcaldy on behalf of Fife Housing Group.

Local contractor M&J Ballantyne has started work to create more much-needed affordable housing on the historic site of the former High School in Kelso for Eildon Housing.

Scotland’s first community-based housing association is gearing up to mark its 50th anniversary this year. Govan Housing Association was formed in 1971 in a trail-blazing move that led the way for others to follow.

A school in Cumbernauld has benefitted from new outdoor classrooms thanks to Sanctuary Scotland.

Customers of Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) have a new and improved website where they can report repairs and interact digitally with their landlord.

Scotland’s tenants’ union Living Rent has called on parties and candidates for the upcoming election to back its ‘tenants’ manifesto’, warning that the next parliament cannot simply aim for things to return to how they were before the pandemic. Livin

Hallam Land Management Ltd has unveiled plans to deliver a new residential development of family homes on land at Dullatur Golf Club in Cumbernauld.

Plans to bring around 120 new homes to Symington have been rejected by South Ayrshire councillors. Banks Property had hoped to secure permission for the new development, which included 25 affordable homes, on a 5.6-hectare Stockbridge site to the north of Symington Road South.

Glasgow City Council has approved plans to converted office space in a B-listed city centre building into apartments. The upper floors of premises on the corner of Renfield Street and St Vincent Street will be converted into six flats.

A former care home at 48 Polwarth Terrace in Edinburgh is to be converted into a residential development led by Yeoman McAllister Architects if planning permission is granted. Canal View Care Home is located near the Union Canal within the Merchiston and Greenhill conservation area and constitutes a

A developer has unveiled plans to deliver 16 family-sized homes in Portree on the Isle of Skye. London-based Charles Garton Jones is aiming to build the detached houses next to his Bracken Hide Hotel, off Struan Road.

Aberdeen City Council has launched a consultation for residents in multi storeys into draft guidance for planning consents after eight of the buildings were given Category A listed status. This guidance document has been prepared in response to the listed buildings status granted by Historic Environ

An independently chaired panel of customer representatives has published its first annual report on the performance of housing provider Mears. The scrutiny board was set up in 2020 to work alongside the Mears PLC Board and provide oversight, challenge and support to improve Mears services. Chaired b