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.
After a year of planning wrangles a council has finally given its approval for the creation of a £1bn Asian business district on the site of London’s Royal Albert Dock. The scheme, for a 24-hour business complex for Chinese and Asian firms, was... Read More
As shopping centre redevelopments continue to grow throughout the UK, local developers and construction firms are increasingly becoming more able to reap the rewards of multi million pound projects. This has been the case for Yorkshire based Caddick... Read More
Workington councillors have been urged to give the go-ahead to plans for a £9 million leisure centre in the town – despite objections from a colleague and a number of local businesses. If approved, the new centre will be constructed in The Cloffocks... Read More
Coopers Square shopping centre in Burton-on-Trent is to benefit from an expansion which will create four additional retail units. The extension will see a new block erected on the centre’s existing car park, just off the town’s busy Station... Read More
Tower Hamlets decision to give the go-ahead for the expansion of Canary Wharf is welcome news for London's residential and commercial property sectors. The mixed-use Wood Wharf scheme will add an additional 4.9 million sq ft to London’s development... Read More
Barnet Council has launched a search for a partner to develop one of London’s largest remaining brownfield sites. It claims the plot, close to the North Circular Road, is big enough to take almost five-million sq ft of shops and 7,500 new homes. This... Read More
Multi-million pound regeneration plans for the centre of Birmingham have been boosted by the announcement that HS2 Ltd — the company behind Britain’s new high speed rail network — is moving its operational headquarters to the city from... Read More
Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar’s £1.3 billion redevelopment of London’s Shell Centre is to be challenged in the High Court, it has emerged today. The action has been launched by activist and writer George Turner who has previously questioned... Read More
Commercial development across Britain “lagged behind a booming economy” last year, claims an industry survey. Almost £23bn worth of new projects were started in the year to the end of June — a rise of just 6.6 per cent. The figures — revealed... Read More
Boosted by the increased activity in the property market one Yorkshire developer has revived its acquisitions campaign with the purchase of a three-acre brownfield site near Wakefield. Leeds-based Gregory Property Group (GPG) confirmed the deal for the... Read More
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.
