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.
Planners behind the £1bn reshaping of Dundee’s Waterfront have released a million square feet of land in a bid to attract new developments and thousands of jobs to the city. A second half-a-million square foot package will follow in 2016. The... Read More
A Scottish city’s decision to give away common good land to a hotel developer could cost it millions in lost revenue, experts have warned. Earlier this year proposals for a Picardy Place hotel showed that it included a large chunk of Edinburgh’s... Read More
As business expansion continues to eat into the commercial property supply of many towns and cities throughout the UK, projects designed to tackle this issue and fulfil growing demand are becoming increasingly prevalent. Stoke-on-Trent is just one example of... Read More
BNP Paribas Real Estate - the property service and management division of the French bank - has won a contract to refurbish and let office space in the heart of Newcastle’s historic Grainger Town. The Grey Street property, which has a listed... Read More
HULL City Council has unveiled the first £12.7m phase of the largest transformation project in the East Riding city’s history. The improvements — expected to cost at least £25m when complete — are part of the run up to Hull’s reign of UK City of... Read More
During the recession, a number of retail developments were put on the back burner as investment into the sector dropped hugely - fortunately most have now been kick started again as the economy continues to improve. However, few can claim to have faced quite... Read More
An MP has claimed the go-ahead for an eight-million sq ft Northamptonshire logistics terminal could wipe out unemployment in his constituency. The developers of the DIRFT III site at Daventry say it will create at least 9,000 jobs. After three months... Read More
Wolverhampton council has launched an international search for developers and investors to regenerate a brace of neglected sites across the West Midlands city. To manage what the authority calls its “soft marketing” exercise it has hired property... Read More
As the economic recovery continues to take hold throughout Europe, a number of hotly anticipated new retail developments have sprung up to boost local economies. One of the most exciting is the Mall of Scandinavia, in Stockholm, which has been given... Read More
The Communities Secretary has rejected plans for a 235,000 sq ft office and retail development at London’s Smithfield Market. The surprise decision came today from Eric Pickles who accused the owners of deliberately neglecting the building which has been... 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.
