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 Business Park will “energise” Aberdeen Corridor

Posted on 12 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Work has started on a new business campus aimed at attracting world class companies to Scotland’s latest development zone. Enerfield Business Park lies within the Energetica corridor — a 30 mile area extending from Aberdeen and Peterhead and... Read More

St Modwen forecasts Profits Rise as Commercial Market strengthens

Posted on 10 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News, Commercial Developments

Regeneration specialist St Modwen has confirmed it is expecting a “strong” rise in pre-tax profits this year buoyed by continued expansion in the commercial property market. The investment and development company, which has built its reputation on... Read More

Chancellor allays Cameron’s concerns over Nottingham Enterprise Zone

Posted on 9 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Concerns voiced by David Cameron about the slow progress of an East Midlands enterprise zone have been allayed — by his own Chancellor. In the spring of 2011, the Alliance Boots site in Beeston, Nottingham, was awarded enterprise zone status by the... Read More

Additional Retail Units and Cinema proposed for Carlisle Shopping Centre

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

The owners of Cumbria’s largest shopping centre are considering proposals for a major extension which, they hope, will elevate spending and tourism income in England’s northernmost county. If the plans go-ahead, The Lanes in Carlisle will be... Read More

Former Airbase expansion cleared for Take-Off

Posted on 8 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Warrington planners have given the green light to a 686,000 sq ft expansion of the mixed-use Omega development on the site of the former RAF-USAF Burtonwood airbase. Developed and managed by Omega Warrington Ltd (OWL) — a joint venture between Miller... Read More

New Business District will make Swindon a ‘Real Competitor’ says Developer

Posted on 7 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Muse Developments has revealed details of the second stage of Swindon’s Kimmerfields scheme — the town’s biggest makeover in more than half-a-century. The company, backed by landowner Homes and Communities Agency, has already completed the first... Read More

Hotel Scheme puts the squeeze on Bath Office Space

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Industry News

The demolition of one of Bath’s last remaining 1960s office blocks is putting a “significant” squeeze on the city’s commercial space, according to one agent. Despite being empty for more than six years, the bulldozing of Kingsmead House on... Read More

MP slams Redevelopment of Historic Kent Airport

Posted on 4 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

An MP has branded the sale of a Kent airport as “opportunist land banking” and threatened to fight any development plans for the 800-acre site. In October last year Stagecoach bus company co-founder, Ann Gloag, acquired the loss-making Manston... Read More

Allied London gets Green Light for Leeds Dock ‘Super-Building’

Posted on 3 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Planners have agreed a state-of-the-art office scheme that will revive the stalled regeneration of Leeds’ industrial waterfront. Acquired in 2013 by Allied London after the pre-crash failure of a previous council attempt to rebrand and regenerate the... Read More

Grant kickstarts Sci-Tech Daresbury Expansion

Posted on 1 October, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

A Cheshire high-tech campus is using a £3.5 Government grant to build almost a quarter-of-a-million square feet of new offices and laboratories and create hundreds of additional jobs. Sci-Tech Daresbury, a science and innovation park which already... 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.