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.
The German engineering giant Siemens has unveiled updated plans for its 20-acre Manchester headquarters site — adding a private hospital, three office blocks and almost a hundred homes to its original scheme. Siemens drew up plans three years ago... Read More
Sheffield Council is spending £55m of its own money in an attempt to salvage the city’s doomed new Retail Quarter. The £400m project suffered a major blow last year when developer Hammerson pulled out of the shopping centre scheme. The council cash... Read More
Hiscox has confirmed it’s state-of-the-art offices to be built at York will be the insurance giant’s biggest base outside London. The £19m flagship development could bring as many as 500 new jobs to the city. The company has also appointed... Read More
Newcastle-based property developers Adderstone Group has secured planning permission to build a series of offices in Gateshead as the the second phase of its Saltwell Business Park scheme. Started in 2009, the initial redevelopment of the Joicey Road... Read More
“Advance negotiations” are underway with a company it’s hoped will be the first occupant of a multi-million pound Merseyside office development. The four-storey Tower Wharf will also be the first office scheme planned within the newly designated Wirral... Read More
With the economic recovery gathering momentum, commercial building projects around the country have been given something of a kick-start as local authorities attempt to strengthen local economies. One such project is the new leisure centre due to be built in... Read More
A detailed planning application has been submitted for a £25m scheme to transform a former Yorkshire hospital site into renewable energy business park. Proposed as a joint venture between Stoneferry Estates and Hull City Council, the campus-style... Read More
For many retail developments throughout the UK, the end of the recession has brought an increase in prosperity as consumers regain confidence and begin to spend in earnest one more. Yet for some, high competition in the surrounding area has brought the need... Read More
Work has started on Dandara’s 40-acre City South office development near Aberdeen, with the award-winning developer hoping to have the speculative scheme fully serviced and its first tenants installed by Christmas. The first phase of the... Read More
Northern Ireland developer McAleer and Rushe has submitted revised plans for a £100m mixed-use scheme to replace Newcastle’s ageing Newgate Centre. The company acquired the site in in 2006 and secured a similar planning permission five years later... 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.
