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.


New Healthcare Facility planned for Aberdeen Business Park

Posted on 27 April, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

Drum Property Group has announced that it has submitted a planning application to Aberdeen City Council for the construction of a new healthcare property at Prime Four Business Park in Kingswells. The 45,000 sq ft wellness centre will be operated by the... Read More

Newham Council backs landmark Silvertown Quays scheme

Posted on 23 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Newham Council claims that as many as 20,000 new jobs will created following its decision to back a 62-acre waterfront development at Silvertown Quays in the East End of London. The £3.5bn landmark development is intended to breathe new life back into the... Read More

Stubbs Mill will be ‘Fantastic Addition’ to Commercial Portfolio says Urban Splash

Posted on 21 April, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

Multi-award winning regeneration company Urban Splash has this week begun work on the redevelopment of Stubbs Mill, its latest scheme in Manchester. Stubbs Mill, a former machine works within the New Islington regeneration area, will be transformed into a... Read More

THAT’s Clifton Village Plans Resubmitted

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Urban regeneration specialists THAT Group have submitted a planning application for the mixed-use transformation of a row of empty stores in Bristol’s Clifton Village. The privately owned property group initially proposed the plans for 2-16 Clifton... Read More

St Modwen to deliver Three Regional Parcel Depots

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Work has started on a third British depot for German-based parcel delivery company DPD (UK). All three are being designed and delivered by regeneration specialist St Modwen. With construction well underway on two other distribution hubs at Skypark in... Read More

Interest High in Second Phase of Rotherham Retail Park

Posted on 19 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

With the first phase of its Rotherham town centre retail park nearing completion, Gregory Projects has been given permission to add an extra 9,400 sq ft — with almost half the space pre-let. The initial 40,000 sq ft of the scheme, next to the... Read More

Opus North Heads for Record Year as Armley Retail Park gets Green Light

Posted on 18 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Opus North — the Palmer Capital funded Yorkshire-based property developer — is on course to fulfill its own prediction that 2015 will be a record breaking year after receiving the green light on the latest of its multi-million pound schemes. So far this... Read More

Revised Millbay Masterplan paves the way for transformation of Plymouth Waterfront

Posted on 17 April, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Commercial Developments

Plymouth planners have approved changes to the masterplan for the mixed-use redevelopment of Millbay, one of the South of England's largest regeneration projects. The masterplan covers the regeneration of the Victorian docks, built by celebrated... Read More

Triple Contract win shows Construction Sector is gathering momentum says Howard Russell

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Within weeks of announcing a threefold increase in its 2014 turnover a North-East construction company has landed three new contracts in less than a month. The senior management team at Howard Russell — Joe Prouse, Barry Wilkinson, David Varty, Craig... Read More

Commercial Development continues 31 Month Rise

Posted on 16 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

After rising continuously for 31 months the rate at which commercial schemes are being built in the UK has reached a 2015 high, claims a new survey. Almost 15 per cent of developers reported an increase in commercial activity during March, a half-point... 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.