East Ayrshire Council has paid £410,000 to acquire a Kilmarnock building which houses part of its archive.
The purchase of the property in Holmquarry Road was among a series of property acquisitions and disposals completed by the council between July 2025 and June this year.
A report to the Governance and Scrutiny Committee says buying the archive building will secure its long-term use and avoid the council having to continue paying rent.
The £410,000 deal was one of the authority’s General Services property transactions during the period.
At the other end of the scale, the council acquired a derelict former factory at Jamieson Drive in Darvel for just £1.
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The former Loudoun Valley Manufacturing Company site had suffered significant fire damage and vandalism over a number of years.
Its acquisition allows the council to carry out demolition of the dangerous building, with the cleared site potentially being transferred to a community organisation for redevelopment.
The authority also completed a number of property sales.
The former Galston Primary School was sold for £102,000, generating income for the council while removing its responsibility for maintaining the property.
Galston Library was transferred for £14,000 through the council’s community asset transfer process.
Another property at 77 Townhead Street in Cumnock was sold for £7,500.
The transactions are examples of the ways the council can dispose of buildings and land it no longer requires as well as acquiring property where there is a strong enough argument to do so.