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.


Business Hub Kick-Starts Shipyard Regeneration

Posted on 17 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

A world famous Tyneside shipyard is being transformed into a multi-million pound council-backed incubator and development hub for marine and offshore businesses. Rebranded as Swans — the former Swan Hunter shipyard at Wallsend — is being... Read More

North East Construction Firm ends Record Breaking Year with London Fruit & Veg Job

Posted on by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

Independent construction firm, Howard Russell, has been appointed as the main contractor on the £2.5 million refurbishment of a northwest London fruit & vegetable warehouse. The Northumberland based firm will undertake the fit-out of Mash... Read More

Rotherham Urged To Seize Development Opportunities

Posted on 16 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

A specialist developer — which earlier this year snapped up Birmingham's historic Assay Office — has now completed South Yorkshire's largest property investment deal in decades. TCN UK, dedicated to creating unique and innovative workspaces for small... Read More

Offers Invited For 24 Unit Project Steel Portfolio

Posted on 15 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments, Industry News

Property auction specialist Allsop Space has set a guide price of €13.5m (£10.7m) for a package of 24 Irish industrial units spread across the country. The assets will be sold as a single lot in a straight sale. The Project Steel portfolio —... Read More

Tesco moves into Shopping Centre Market with Lincoln Acquisition

Posted on 14 November, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

With Tesco’s financial issues growing more prominent by each passing quarter, executives have made the decision to cut back on non-essential spending as a means of patching the large black hole discovered in the group’s finances last month. However, it... Read More

Solihull Shopping Centre to undergo Major Expansion

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Business News, Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

As shopping centre owners nationwide attempt to capitalise upon the gradually improving consumer mood, a wave of expansions for developments around the country are being announced. One of the most significant expansion deals agreed of late is the Touchwood... Read More

A-List Kildare Village Gets 36 New Fashion Stores

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments

Work has started on a €50m (£39m) plan to enlarge one of Ireland's most successful fashion hotspots — which already lists actress Elizabeth Hurley, model Suki Waterhouse and American socialite Olivia Palermo among its regular celebrity... Read More

Japan Leader in Expectations for Commercial Property Growth: New Survey

Posted on 13 November, 2014 by Jodee Redmond under Business News, Commercial Developments, Commercial Sales and Lets

The results of Quarter 3, 2014 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) Global Commercial Property Monitor have been released, and Japan is on top when it comes to expectations of growth in commercial property values and rents. The survey also found... Read More

Carillion Signs £800m Sunderland Regeneration Joint Venture

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

A brewery site, which has stood empty for 14 years, is to become a high-tech business centre as part of a 20-year rolling redevelopment of Sunderland city centre. Construction and services giant Carillion has signed a pioneering deal with the city council... Read More

Design Team Named For £1bn Manston Master Plan

Posted on 12 November, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments

The design partnership behind London's Brent Cross shopping centre and the Dockland's wildlife sanctuary at Canada Water have been hired to produce a controversial £1bn development master plan for a Kent airport. Last autumn Stagecoach bus company... 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.