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.


Allied London confirms triple funding deal for No. 1 Spinningfields

Posted on 6 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Award winning developer Allied London has confirmed a £100m-plus funding package that will allow it complete the final building in Manchester’s Spinningfields estate. The triple funding deal— between the North West Evergreen Fund, Pramerica Real... Read More

Fresh Start for Sheffield’s recession-hit West Bar Scheme

Posted on 2 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Plans to revive a stalled multi-million pound regeneration scheme for the centre of Sheffield have been unveiled by a three-way partnership that includes the administrators of the former developer. PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is handling the affairs... Read More

Hammerson takes full control of Martineau Galleries scheme

Posted on 1 April, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

A mothballed Birmingham city centre retail scheme — now at the heart of the massive HS2 Curzon Master Plan — has been sold to a major British property development and investment company. Bullring owner and investment company, Hammerson, has taken... Read More

Latest addition to Keele University Science and Business Park underpins Global Visibility

Posted on 31 March, 2015 by Chris Grigorovsky under Business News, Commercial Developments

Construction work is to begin in May on a £7 million state-of-the-art innovation centre on the Keele University campus. The 30,000 sq ft scheme is a joint partnership between Staffordshire County Council and Keele University, and is expected to... Read More

Cannock Chase Outlet Village raises Wildlife fears

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

A West Midlands council is considering plans for a designer outlet village which conservationists claim would endanger a nearby wildlife reserve — which Cannock Chase Council has already defended as “particularly important”. The £115m Mill Green... Read More

Demand for student accommodation sways market in Aberdeen and Liverpool

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

A multi-million pound scheme to transform an historic Aberdeen church into a business hub has been abandoned because of a lack of office demand. The city’s Triple Kirks church will now be converted to student accommodation. The decision by developer,... Read More

St Modwen gets go-ahead for Skelmersdale town centre scheme

Posted on 29 March, 2015 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

West Lancashire Borough Council has granted full planning consent for St Modwen’s £10 million mixed use development in Skelmersdale. The scheme, located between the existing town centre and the new college campus, will deliver 100,000 sq ft of... Read More

Peel confirms First Port Salford Tenant

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

A leading infrastructure, transport and property investment group has confirmed the first tenant of its multi-million pound Manchester development, after council planners cleared the way for it to push on with the logistics scheme. In 2009, the Peel... Read More

Surge in CPOs an Indicator of returning Confidence says Law Firm

Posted on 27 March, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The number of compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) issued to push forward large scale developments increased by two-thirds last year, according to national law firm Bond Dickinson. Fifty-eight applications for CPOs — allowing certain bodies to obtain... Read More

Stoford lands twin “gamechanger” Regeneration Deals

Posted on 25 March, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Less than three weeks after it received the planning green light for the £120m upgrade of Worcester Technology Park, Stoford has been appointed lead developer for a £70m regeneration project near Redditch. Working in partnership with landowners, The... 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.