As 2026 continues, the Glasgow office market offers a clear and compelling narrative: demand remains healthy, but it is increasingly selective, Sarah Hagen writes. For occupiers, investors and landlords alike, 2025 was a year defined by the flight to quality, tightening supply and the gradual but me
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AM Sci Tech, a subsidiary of Hurstwood Holdings, the owner of Aberdeen Energy and Innovation Parks, has concluded a further letting at the Innovation Park, in Bridge of Don.
Demand for commercial property in Scotland edged up in the last quarter of 2025 according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) commercial property monitor, and, despite clear challenges remaining, surveyors appear cautiously optimistic for both rents and capital values this
Lismore Real Estate Advisors (Lismore) has advised on the £10.65 million sale of George House, one of Glasgow’s most prominent multi-let buildings.
Baillie Gifford’s relocation to its new headquarters in Edinburgh has been pushed into a third calendar year. Originally scheduled for autumn 2023, the move to the 280,000 sq ft Norman Foster-designed Haymarket development was postponed to late 2024 and is now targeted for the second quarter o
Allied Surveyors Scotland has promoted Bernadetta Majewska MRICS to associate director in Edinburgh. The appointment follows the promotion of Stewart Gorman MRICS to the same position in August 2025.
Aberdeen registered its highest share of Scottish commercial property deals of the 2020s last year as buyer and seller expectations continued to align, according to new research from Knight Frank.
Addleshaw Goddard has completed its move to a landmark building in the heart of Glasgow city centre as it targets continued growth in Scotland.
Highland property investment and development company, Ark Estates, has expanded its Inverness commercial property portfolio with the acquisition of the former RBS premises at 29-31 Harbour Road, Inverness.
Lismore’s quarterly investor research and in-depth expert interviews indicate that 2026 is expected to present meaningful opportunities for the Scottish commercial property investment market. 86% of investors expressing a positive outlook, only slightly below last year’s 88%. Optimism is
Investment in Scottish commercial property proved highly resilient last year, closing in on the £2 billion mark despite 12 months of uncertainty, according Knight Frank.
The Scottish commercial property investment market concluded 2025 on firmer footing, driven by a surge in late-year activity that brought annual volumes in line with the five-year average, according to the quarter 4 review from Lismore Real Estate Advisors. The final quarter saw transaction volumes
Ryden has delivered one of its strongest years to date, completing more than 3.2 million sq ft of industrial transactions and £373 million of investment deals across Scotland. The property firm said the results reflect the resilience of the market and its strengthened capability following its
Scottish businessmen brothers Sandy and James Easdale have expanded their industrial holdings in Renfrewshire with the acquisition of Meadowside Industrial Estate. The deal, secured for an undisclosed sum, includes 76,000 square feet of prime industrial space and seven acres of land.
Glasgow occupiers are increasingly opting to take ‘let-ready’ office space as they look to minimise the time and resource they spend on moving and fitting out new premises, according to research from Knight Frank.

