Commercial Developments


In the Commercial Developments category you can read about UK commercial property either in the planning stage, under construction or newly completed. This includes reports on office and serviced office space, retail developments and much more.


Land Securities completes First Office pre-let at Nova Victoria

Posted on 7 July, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

Land Securities has completed the first office pre-let at its mixed use Nova, Victoria development 12 months ahead of completion. Global private equity investor Advent International is the first name on the occupier list, after signing a 15 year lease for... Read More

Spicer Oppenheim and AECOM sign St Petersburg Agreement ahead of Russia 2018

Posted on 6 July, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

UK based property developer Spicer Oppenheim and strategic partner AECOM have finalised an agreement with the City of St Petersburg to deliver a major scheme to support the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Paul Jarvis, CEO of Spicer Oppenheim and Georgy Poltavchenko,... Read More

Is the City about to get a new Mega Tower?

Posted on by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

Plans for the Square Mile’s tallest skyscraper have been submitted to the City of London Corporation, according to the Telegraph. At 997ft, the proposed office tower will fall just short of The Shard in terms of its height, making it the second tallest... Read More

Edinburgh St James Scheme clears Planning Hurdle

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

A global investment company has cleared one of the biggest hurdles facing its £850m scheme to transform the heart of Edinburgh. The milestone development is the largest regeneration project currently underway in the UK. Despite opposition from... Read More

Citrus unveils County Durham Industrial Estate Plans

Posted on 4 July, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

London-based Citrus Group has unveiled plans for what it claims would be one of the biggest North-East commercial and industrial developments in more than a decade. The developer says the scheme — on a 180-acre site  just off Junction 61 of the... Read More

Schroders and Stanhope award £40 million Ruskin Square contract to Lendlease

Posted on 2 July, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

Schroders and Stanhope have appointed Lendlease as the preferred contractor for the first of five office buildings at Ruskin Square, the development partnership’s £500 million business, leisure and residential quarter adjacent to East Croydon... Read More

LondonMetric announces Acquisition and Funding of Wakefield Distribution Centre

Posted on 1 July, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

LondonMetric has exchanged conditional contracts with CDP Ltd, the development arm of the Marshall Construction Group, for the purchase and forward funding of a new 524,000 sq ft retail distribution centre development in Wakefield for £39.4 million. The... Read More

Landmark £30 million boost for Perth

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

A landmark £30 million leisure development in Perth city centre is expected to create jobs and attract over 300,000 visitors every year. The Mill Quarter development will bring together restaurants and bars, speciality shops, a gym and a new cinema,... Read More

First Applications lodged for “Eyesore” Selly Oak Site

Posted on 30 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Harvest Partnership — a joint venture between Land Securities and Sainsbury's — has filed two planning applications for what is claimed to by Birmingham’s longest-stalled regeneration project. Work finally started last autumn to decontaminate the... Read More

Neptune revises Liverpool Gateway plans following Public Consultation

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The developer behind a scheme to breathe new life into the Lime Street area of Liverpool has confirmed it has revised its plans following a month-long public consultation. Neptune Developments says the new project will do more to combine the city gateway’s... Read More

Learn more about our Commercial Developments category

Over recent years urban regeneration projects throughout the UK have resulted in a huge expansion of commercial property developments. Many of these are ongoing and will continue to deliver new business space in the future.

In addition many towns and cities have seen an expansion of out-of-town projects resulting in new business parks, shopping centres and leisure developments.

You will find stories about all of these here together with news regarding new industrial, healthcare and warehouse property. So if you want to read about the latest Grade A office space in London’s financial district or improvements to Sheffield’s retail quarter, the Commercial Development category is for you.