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.


Derwent London secures Planning Permission for mixed-use South Bank scheme

Posted on 12 June, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

Derwent London has today announced that the London Borough of Southwark has granted planning permission for a new 110,000 sq ft mixed-use development at 40 Blackfriars Road, on the South Bank. Designed by architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, the 15... Read More

Worcester Six on track to deliver 5,000 New Jobs

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The public-private partnership behind a £120m Worcestershire technology park says the scheme has moved a step closer with the start of vital highways improvements. Worcestershire County Council and Birmingham-based developer Stoford have teamed up to... Read More

Land Sale clears way for Welsh Scheme as European Industrial take-up increases

Posted on 11 June, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets, Industry News

A report from DTZ shows that European logistics and industrial take-up increased by 6% in Q1 2015 compared to last year. A total of 3.8 million square metres of industrial space was leased in the first quarter of 2015 due to high demand for European... Read More

Unibail-Rodamco’s Mall of Scandinavia over 95% Pre-Let

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

Unibail-Rodamco, Europe’s leading listed commercial property company, has today announced that its Mall of Scandinavia development - located just seven minutes from downtown Stockholm -  is over 95 per cent pre-let, five months ahead of its opening on... Read More

Mitsui Fudosan increases Television Centre equity

Posted on 10 June, 2015 by Neil Bird under Business News, Commercial Developments

Mitsui Fudosan UK has today confirmed that it has increased its equity share in the first phase of the redevelopment of Television Centre in White City, west London. Mitsui Fudosan now holds a 75 per cent stake in the asset, with Albert Investment... Read More

Vision revealed for Preston City Centre Regeneration

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Preston Council and Muse Developments have promised to create a vibrant retail and leisure quarter to improve the current city centre offering. Muse Developments will be responsible for the delivery of a new cinema which is expected to prove immensely... Read More

Planners in Tune with Clearbell’s Aberdeen Scheme

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The independently-owned private equity fund, Clearbell Capital, has been given the go-ahead to build four industrial units at an Aberdeen business park. All four units — of 100,000, 39,000, 27,000 and 26,000 sq ft — will be speculatively built at... Read More

ISG appointed to deliver Exeter Dining Quarter Scheme

Posted on 9 June, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

International construction services company ISG has been awarded the £12 million contract to deliver a new dining quarter at the heart of Exeter. ISG will spearhead the Aviva Investors’ scheme designed to boost the leisure offering in the city... Read More

Tritax Big Box announces Stoke Distribution Centre investment

Posted on 8 June, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

Tritax Big Box REIT is to invest £43.43 million into the development of a Stoke-on-Trent distribution warehouse for soft furnishings retailer Dunhelm. The real estate investment trust has completed the land purchase and entered into a forward funding... Read More

Innovation District proposals aim to position Miami as Florida’s Silicon Valley

Posted on 4 June, 2015 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

New York based SHoP Architects have joined forces with West 8 to design a ten acre, four block urban campus, which they believe could help position Miami as Florida’s Silicon Valley. The Miami Innovation District, which is expected to receive full... 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.