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.


Ballymore appoints BAM to £90m Snowhill Scheme

Posted on 26 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The third and final phase of Birmingham’s Snowhill development  — Three Snowhill  —  is expected to start this September after developer Ballymore Properties awarded the £90m contract to BAM Construction. BAM, the Dutch group behind the... Read More

Scarborough welcomes The Gym Group to its £30 million Newport Development

Posted on 25 June, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

The McCabe family’s Scarborough Group has announced that The Gym Group has now opened to the public at the company's £30 million commercial development at Station Quarter in Newport, South Wales. The Gym Group has signed a 15-year lease on the 15,000 sq... Read More

Redditch Eastern Gateway scheme gets £1.8m LEP Funding

Posted on 24 June, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

The Gorcott Trust and the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) have secured £1.8 million of infrastructure funding for the Redditch Eastern Gateway development from Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). With the funding in place, development... Read More

Paradise Proposals set the scene for the Transformation of the Heart of Birmingham

Posted on 23 June, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Development manager Argent, acting on behalf of Hermes Investment Management, has submitted three detailed planning applications to Birmingham City Council which are set to transform the city centre. Phase one will see the creation of two new... Read More

Scarborough’s £700m Middlewood Locks Scheme expected to commence This Year

Posted on 22 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The first plans for a 24-acre Salford brownfield site have been unveiled by joint-developer Scarborough Group International. Scarborough plans to build 750,000 sq ft of commercial space and hundreds of homes as part of the Middlewood Locks... Read More

CEG plans Bristol’s biggest ever Office Scheme

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Commercial Estates Group (CEG) is drawing up proposals for what would become Bristol’s largest ever office scheme. The £100 million development would see the creation of an eight storey tower and basement designed around a double height atrium,... Read More

Northampton Distribution Development Gathers Momentum

Posted on by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

A combination of diminishing supply, robust occupier demand and a strong investment market has led to a growing appetite for speculative distribution warehouse development in Northampton. And its arrival will ensure the town retains its ‘Mecca status’ in... Read More

Council’s Trading Estate Purchase unlocks Hereford Development Land

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

A county council has paid just under £2m for a West Midlands trading estate. The purchase of the 21-unit site also unlocks access to an adjoining plot already earmarked for industrial development. The Herefordshire county authority has already... Read More

Consolidated Property submits ‘Tweaked’ Exeter Retail Development Application

Posted on 21 June, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Consolidated Property Group (CPG) has submitted a second planning application to Exeter City Council, after the initial plans for a retail development were rejected last December. The £45 million Moor Exchange proposal has been “tweaked” to reduce... Read More

High Rise Buildings should be for Commercial Use says former City Planning Chief

Posted on 19 June, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

The City of London’s former planning officer has taken a sideswipe against the rash of residential towers going up in the capital, by stressing that tall buildings should be primarily for commercial use. In the week that AXA unveiled its vision for... 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.