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.
Local firm Exchange Street Properties has this week approached Wyre Forest District Council with a planning application regarding the former premises of carpet maker Brintons, located in Kidderminster town centre. Should the plans be given the green light by... Read More
“Ugly” sixties and seventies buildings to be hidden from view It has been popular in Venice for centuries, but now one British city is planning to use the European technique of trompe l’oeil to cover up some of its ugliest buildings. From next... Read More
During the recession, many upcoming development projects ground to a halt as banks and investors were reluctant to pump money into commercial schemes. Fortunately, economic growth has provided a kick-start to long-stalled projects – one of which is the... Read More
Daniel Thwaites has plans to build its new headquarters at a farm north of Blackburn. The brewery will be moving from its current home in the Lancashire town centre to a seven-acre site located at Sykes Holt, Mellor Brook. Thwaites is expected to... Read More
As the High Street recovery continues to build, with sales of non-food items growing steadily for the first time since the recession, local authorities and shopping centre owners are keen to examine opportunities to further lift footfall levels within town... Read More
The European Regional Development Fund has agreed to pump £1m into a scheme to transform a Victorian shopping arcade in Manchester into a high-tech business hub. The like-for-like funding will be matched by developer Jersey Street Properties which... Read More
Southampton City Council has unanimously voted to grant planning permission for a £70 million leisure development, to be known as Watermark West Quay. Spearheaded by Hammerson, the new development will see a landmark 10 screen cinema and space for up to 20... Read More
South Yorkshire’s six-million square foot iPort scheme has been named as Britain’s largest commercial development — overtaking Merseyside’s massive Wirral Waters regeneration scheme and the Stratford City project to extend the 2012 Olympic Games’... Read More
Campaigners fighting an Oxfordshire retail development have hired lawyers to investigate alleged links between a local council and the site’s developers. Residents of Botley fear that members of the Vale of White Horse District Council have become too close... Read More
Newcastle planners have been accused of condemning businesses in the city’s biggest retail centre to “a downward spiral of decline”. The warning comes from Intu –which owns the city’s Eldon Square shopping centre (pictured) – in the face of... 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.
