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The "flight to quality" in Scottish offices continues to gather pace, pushing rents in Edinburgh and Glasgow to new heights this year despite wider economic uncertainty, new analysis from Knight Frank has revealed.

Scotland’s commercial property market attracted £750 million of investment in the first half of 2025, as investment markets paused for thought amid geopolitical tensions and a changing policy backdrop, according to new analysis from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consu

Edinburgh has the most productive retail floorspace of any major UK city outside of London, with Glasgow close behind, as Scotland’s two largest cities continue to demonstrate their attractiveness as retail destinations, according to Knight Frank.

Investment in Scottish commercial property totalled more than £300 million in the first quarter of 2025, marking a subdued beginning to the year, according to Knight Frank. The commercial property consultancy’s analysis of real capital analytics (RCA) data found that there were £31

Edinburgh office take-up rose more than 25% year-on-year during the first quarter of 2025, but the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic could curb activity for the remainder of the year, according to Knight Frank.

Commercial property rent disputes between landlords and occupiers in Scotland saw a decrease in 2024, despite continued rises in prime rents across major occupier markets, according to new Knight Frank analysis.

STV has become the latest tenant at Edinburgh's Orchard Brae House, taking 2,239 sq ft following a recent major refurbishment.

The industrial sector’s share of investment in Scottish commercial property has nearly doubled since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research from Knight Frank. The independent commercial property consultancy’s analysis of Real Capital Analytics (RCA) data found

Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) accounted for 35% of the city’s take-up from industrial occupiers last year, rejuvenating the city’s southside and helping to deliver the third best year of the last decade.

Matthew Aitchison discusses the implications of the proposed changes to Scotland's rent controls for the PRS market. Few policy changes in the property sector have received more attention than the rent controls and eviction ban originally introduced as a temporary measure in late 2021. There has bee

Legal & General (L&G) has acquired a prime purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Edinburgh's Fountainbridge area for more than £35 million. The PBSA, Lower Gilmore Place, has been acquired off market by L&G’s Managed Fund from Glencairn Properties. Knight Frank

William Rankine discusses the impacts of recent events on the leisure sector, and analyses trends and opportunities within specific sub-sectors. The leisure sector has been through huge amounts of change since the turn of the decade. It was not so long ago that hotels, leisure parks and resorts, and

Investment volumes in Scotland’s commercial property market bounced back last year, up 30% on the previous 12 months, as interest rates began to fall and a decisive election result boosted the UK’s status as a safe haven, according to analysis from Knight Frank. 

Knight Frank predicts that the utilities and information & communications sectors will dominate economic growth in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow through 2050. This growth will be buoyed by the transition to net zero and the rise of AI.

Office take-up in Aberdeen has rebounded during the third quarter of 2024 after a slow start to the year, according to Knight Frank.