Legal Review 2024: Positive signs emerging on the road to recovery
The commercial real estate scene has been through a torrid time in recent years. As the Legal 500 notes, this has especially affected the retail sector: “The traditional brick-and-mortar retail…
Forth Ports appoint a new financial chief
Stuart MacGregor – the former head of North-East construction company Stewart Milne – has been appointed chief financial officer of Forth Ports Ld. He also joins the port group’s main…
Reforming retail leases: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?
The idea of ‘unintended consequences’ is used to explain outcomes of an action that are not foreseen. And that is the likely result of a proposed change in law relating…
How to turn our city centres into community centres
The quest to transform urban centres means replacing derelict department stores and mobile phone and betting shops with vibrant mixed-use neighbourhoods. So, the dust has begun to settle. Somewhat. And…
Revitalising Scotland’s city centres: a collaborative path to regeneration
The number of people living in
Glasgow city centre has risen
by a third in just over a decade,
with 28,341 now calling it home.
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Is mixed-use development the saviour of our city centres?
Sometimes it feels as if it would require a trip in the Tardis to discover a city centre anywhere in the UK that is truly a destination worth spending time…
Removal company invests in their storage services as warehouse rents rise
As retail warehousing remains in high demand and rents for Scottish industrial property are set to outpace offices and retail, Clockwork Removals and Storage has seen an increase in commercial…
How much office space do you actually need for hybrid working?
Traditionally city centre offices were about maximising the number of people you could fit into them. Most businesses only wanted to move office if it was into a bigger one…
Consultancy powers up with Glasgow base
In August, Crondall Energy Consultants opened its new offices in Glasgow. The independent consultancy, which provides services for offshore energy projects, had seen a rapid increase in its energy transition and…
To build or to retrofit – that is the question
With a critical shortage of new build office accommodation, there are positive arguments for enhancing the traditional assets we have The flight to quality. It’s not just the direction taken by…
