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.


Industrial Park planned for derelict Yorkshire Water Works site

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

Regeneration plans for a former water treatment site could create as many as 1,000 new jobs, the company behind the 57-acre scheme has claimed. Keyland Developments — the property trading arm of Kelda Group and a sister-company of Yorkshire Water —... Read More

British Land announces £40m Drake Circus Leisure Scheme

Posted on 30 September, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

British Land has revealed details of an agreement with Plymouth City Council to complete a £40m leisure development adjacent to its Drake Circus Shopping Centre. The 100,000 sq ft scheme, on the site of the current coach station, will include a 12... Read More

Second Developer joins Merseyside Logistics Race

Posted on 26 September, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Niche real estate and distribution specialists, B8 Real Estate (B8RE), has been appointed sole agent for what it describes as the biggest speculative industrial development on Merseyside for years. Developer New Capital Knowsley will start work next... Read More

City of London Corporation refuses to intervene in Goldman Sachs ‘right to light’ stand-off

Posted on 25 September, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

The City of London Corporation has chosen not to intervene in the ‘right to light’ stand-off which is delaying the development of Goldman Sachs’ new headquarters. The US investment bank was given the green light for the 850,000 sq ft office... Read More

Technology Park Development fundamental to World Class Worcestershire drive

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Worcestershire County Council and the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (WLEP) have awarded developer Stoford the contract for a £120 million technology park which could prove to be a “game changer” in boosting the county’s... Read More

Intu announces £100 million Watford Extension

Posted on 24 September, 2014 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Intu is a major player in the retail property market, with a number of high profile acquisitions boosting its returns significantly in the past two years. The property giant currently owns 15 branded shopping centres in the UK - along with Manchester's... Read More

Work set to begin on the World’s most Advanced Factory

Posted on 23 September, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Work will start next month on a £43m advanced manufacturing facility in Sheffield that aims to become the “world’s most advanced factory” on its 2015 completion. Factory 2050 — to be built on a new Advanced Manufacturing Campus at Sheffield... Read More

New towers planned for buzzing City

Posted on 22 September, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Three separate planning applications for office towers in the City of London are expected shortly, Building Design reports this morning. The proposed commercial developments are all in the eastern cluster, close to the site of the stalled Pinnacle... Read More

Full Steam Ahead for Regeneration of Historic Lancashire Loco Works

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Seven years after it was first unveiled planners have finally given the go-ahead to a £260m scheme to transform a historic railway works. The development is one of the North of England’s biggest ever regeneration projects. The 180-acre Horwich Loco... Read More

High Quality Office Space on the way at Leeds Bond Court

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The transformation of a Yorkshire city’s “ugly duckling” business quarter is moving a step closer to completion with the overhaul of its biggest single office block. Work starts next week on the multi-million pound refurbishment of Leeds’... 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.